Kelvin's circulation theorem
Teorema de la circulación de Kelvin
- Date
- 1869 · confidence medium
- Place
- Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- William Thomson
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Kelvin's circulation theorem states that, in a barotropic ideal fluid subject to conservative forces, the circulation around a closed curve moving with the fluid remains constant over time.
What it led to
- vortex dynamics in fluid mechanics
- theory of turbulence and vorticity
- basis for the Kelvin-Stokes theorem
- applications in aerodynamics and oceanography