Euler equations (fluid dynamics)
Ecuaciones de Euler (dinámica de fluidos)
- Date
- 1752-1757 · confidence high
- Place
- Berlin, Prussia (present-day Germany)
- Credited to
- Leonhard Euler
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
A system of partial differential equations governing the adiabatic, inviscid flow of a fluid; they correspond to the Navier-Stokes equations with zero viscosity and thermal conductivity.
Euler originally derived only the mass- and momentum-conservation equations; modern literature often includes the energy equation under the same name.
What it led to
- Mathematical foundation of modern fluid dynamics
- A basis for the Navier-Stokes equations
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Made possible
- Navier-Stokes equations