
THERMAL ENERGY EQUATION 483
viscous stress tensor τ follows the sign convection for the force on a fluid particle
discussed in Appendix A and for a Newtonian fluid is given by
τ
=−
κ −
2
3
μ
(∇·u)δ
− μ[∇u + (∇u)
†
] (B.2-2)
where μ is the shear viscosity, κ the bulk viscosity, δ
the second-order identity
tensor, and † denotes the transpose of a second-order tensor. For the special case of
an incompressible Newtonian fluid with constant viscosity, equation (B.2.1) when
combined with equation (B.2-2) simplifies to
ρ
∂ u
∂t
+ ρ u ·∇u =−∇P + μ∇
2
u + ρ g (B.2-3)
B.3 EQUATIONS OF MOTION FOR POROUS MEDIA
The following form of the equations of motion in generalized vector–tensor notation
for flow through porous media is based on Brinkman’s empirical modification of
Darcy’s law and assumes a body force due to a gravitational field, and an incom-
pressible fluid having constant viscosity μ and permeability k
p
;
u
denotes the
superficial velocity based on considering the porous media to be homogeneous
1
:
0 =−∇P −
μ
k
p
u
+ μ∇
2
u
+ ρ g (B.3-1)
B.4 THERMAL ENERGY EQUATION
The following form of the thermal energy equation in generalized vector–tensor
notation allows for nonconstant physical properties, energy generation, and con-
version of mechanical to internal energy by means of viscous dissipation, which is
expressed in terms of an unspecified viscous stress tensor τ
:
ρC
v
∂T
∂t
+ ρC
v
u ·∇T =∇·(k∇T)− T
∂P
∂T
ρ
(∇·u) − (τ : ∇u) + G
e
(B.4-1)
where C
v
is the heat capacity at constant volume, k the thermal conductivity, and
G
e
the energy generation rate per unit volume. Equation (B.4-1) can be applied to
non-Newtonian fluids if the appropriate constitutive equation relating the viscous
stress to the rate of strain is known. For the special case of an incompressible
Newtonian fluid with constant thermal conductivity k and for which the viscous
stress tensor is given by equation (B.2-2), equation (B.4-1) simplifies to
ρC
p
∂T
∂t
+ ρC
p
u ·∇T = k∇
2
T + μ[∇u + (∇u)
†
]:∇u + G
e
(B.4-2)
where C
p
is the heat capacity at constant pressure.
1
H. C. Brinkman, Appl.Sci.Res., A1, 27–34, 81–86 (1947).