Friday, July 22, 2011

Why does the work energy theorem for an incompressible fluid not contain units of work in it?

Because its a work-energy-density equation. Pressure has units of work per unit volume. The kinetic energy and potential energy use mass density not mass, so they are energy density terms. Its just a generalization of the standard work-energy theorem to apply to extended continous media.

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