Relationship To Continuum Mechanics
Fluid mechanics is a subdiscipline of continuum mechanics, as illustrated in the following table.
| Continuum mechanics |
Solid mechanics |
Elasticity |
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| Plasticity |
Rheology |
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| Fluid mechanics |
Non-Newtonian fluids do not undergo strain rates proportional to the applied shear stress. | ||
| Newtonian fluids undergo strain rates proportional to the applied shear stress. | |||
In a mechanical view, a fluid is a substance that does not support shear stress; that is why a fluid at rest has the shape of its containing vessel. A fluid at rest has no shear stress.
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