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Define the strain-rate tensor in terms of the velocity components . Write down the relation between , the pressure and the stress in an incompressible Newtonian fluid of viscosity . Show that the local rate of stress-working is equal to the local rate of dissipation .
An incompressible fluid of density and viscosity occupies the semi-infinite region above a rigid plane boundary which oscillates with velocity . The fluid is at rest at infinity. Determine the velocity field produced by the boundary motion after any transients have decayed.
Show that the time-averaged rate of dissipation is
per unit area of the boundary. Verify that this is equal to the time average of the rate of working by the boundary on the fluid per unit area.