stress is Galilean invariant 1, or it doesn’t depend directly on the flow velocity, but the spatial derivatives of the flow velocity
tensor gradient ∇u
rate-of-strain tensor: ε(∇u)≡21∇u+21(∇u)T
Deviatoric stress is linear in this variable σ(ε)=−pI+C:ε,
where p is independent on the strain rate tensor
C is the fourth-order tensor for constant of proportionality (viscosity tensor)
: is the double-dot product
fluid is assumed to be isotropic, and consequently C is an isotropic tensor.
Furthermore, the deviatoric stress tensor is symmetric by Helmholtz decomposition, expressed in terms of two Lamé parameters, second viscosity λ and dynamic viscosity μ:
σ(ε)=−pI+λtr(ε)I+2με
Where I is the identity tensor and tr(ε) is the trace of the rate-of-strain tensor. Thus we can rewrite as:
σ=−pI+λ(∇⋅u)I+μ(∇u+(∇u)T)
Given trace of the rate of strain tensor in three dimension is the divergence of the flow (rate of expansion):
tr(ε)=∇⋅u
trace of the stress tensor then becomes tr(σ)=−3p+(3λ+2μ)∇⋅u (trace of identity tensor is 3)
alternatively decomposing stress tensor into isotropic and deviatoric part in fluid dynamic:
Implies the laws of motion are the same in all inertial frames of references
Often refers to this principle as applied to Newtonian mechanics, that is Newton’s laws of motion hold in all frames related to one another by a Galilean transformation. ↩