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fluid dynamics  

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  • A subdiscipline of fluid mechanics, which focuses on the flow of fluids (but also includes gases), including the study of inviscid and viscous flows, waves in fluids, boundary layer flow and instability in flow. Hydrodynamics is the study of liquids in motion. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; fluid dynamics]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-GN2919ZH-X

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