Talk:Shear flow

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Desiderata[edit]

An outline derivation (from the longitudinal force balance, IIRC) would be useful.This is not an easy area for a non-specialist to get their nut round otherwise :-) Linuxlad 22:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shear flow or Couette flow?[edit]

To my knowledge there is no difference between the Shear flow and the Couette flow. They are just synonyms of each others but they have two different pages. I think those two pages should be collapse in to the single page under the name "Shear flow" and the Couette flow must be redirected to this page. If this is not so could anyone explain difference between those two names? --Fotoni (talk) 18:54, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Shear flow and Couette flow are not the same. To my understanding, shear flow simply refers to flow where viscosity is non-negligible, and thus shear forces are present. In contrast, Couette flow is specifically a type of flow between two infinite plates, where one or both plates may have a nonzero velocity. Thus Couette flow is an example of shear flow, as it says in the article. Samwalbert (talk) 17:03, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]