A new Eulerian model for viscous and heat conducting compressible flow

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new Eulerian model for viscous and heat-conducting compressible flows that addresses inconsistencies in the Navier-Stokes equations by deriving a more physically consistent set of equations.

Contribution

A novel Eulerian model for compressible, diffusive flows that replaces the traditional Navier-Stokes equations and resolves their physical inconsistencies.

Findings

The new model shows differences in flow behavior compared to Navier-Stokes.

Numerical experiments demonstrate the model's potential advantages.

The model aligns better with physical principles of diffusion and velocity definition.

Abstract

In this article, a suite of physically inconsistent properties of the Navier-Stokes equations, associated with the lack of mass diffusion and the definition of velocity, are presented. We show that these inconsistencies are consequences of the Lagrangian derivation that models viscous stresses rather than diffusion. A new model for compressible and diffusive (viscous and heat conducting) flows of an ideal gas, is derived in a purely Eulerian framework. We propose that these equations supersede the Navier-Stokes equations. A few numerical experiments demonstrate some differences and similarities between the new system and the Navier-Stokes equations.