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In this chapter we give an overview of the equations of classical hydrodynamics. We provide their derivation, comment on the stress tensor, and thermodynamics, finally we present some elementary properties and also some exact solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations.
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Łukaszewicz, G., Kalita, P. (2016). Equations of Classical Hydrodynamics. In: Navier–Stokes Equations. Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27760-8_2
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