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Some systems in fluid dynamics involve a fluid being subject to conservative body forces. Since a conservative body force is the gradient of some potential function, it has the same effect as a gradient in fluid pressure. It is often convenient to define a modified pressure equal to the true fluid pressure plus the potential.
Examples of conservative body forces include gravity and the centrifugal force in a rotating reference frame.
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References
- Bansal, R. K. (February 2005). A Textbook of Fluid Mechanics. Firewall Media. ISBN 978-81-318-0294-6.
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