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IV. DIFFERENTIAL RELATIONS FOR A FLUID PARTICLE This chapter presents the development and application of the basic differential equations of fluid motion. Simplifications in the general equations and common boundary conditions are presented that allow exact solutions to be obtained. Two of the most common simplifications are 1) steady flow and 2) incompressible flow. The Acceleration Field of a Fluid A general expression of the flow field velocity vector is given by One of two reference frames can be used to specify the flow field characteristics eulerian – the coordinates are f