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Flow in a streamtube



In the above picture we select a certain amount of fluid which passes through the tube. At a certain instant of time t that amount of fluid occupies the space C of the tube. On the lefthand side that amount of fluid is pushed by the upstream fluid with a force F1. On the righthand side that amount of fluid pushes the downstream fluid with a force F2.

In the picture below we show the same amount of fluid but at a later instant of time t+Δt when it occupies a different piece of space C' of the tube.
Notice that the volume of the space C of the tube is equal to the volume of the space C' of the tube.




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