Kelvin's minimum energy theorem
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gptkb:mathematical_concept
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
incompressible fluid
irrotational flow |
| gptkbp:field |
fluid dynamics
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Kelvin's minimum energy theorem
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| gptkbp:namedAfter |
Lord Kelvin
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| gptkbp:publishedIn |
gptkb:Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Society_of_London
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
potential flow
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| gptkbp:state |
The steady irrotational flow of an incompressible fluid with given boundary conditions has the minimum kinetic energy among all incompressible flows with the same boundary conditions.
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| gptkbp:yearProposed |
1849
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Sir_William_Thomson
gptkb:Sir_William_Thomson_(Lord_Kelvin) |
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4
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