The velocity at each point in the fluid is a vector. If the fluid is compressible, the divergence of the velocity vector is nonzero in general. In a vortex the curl is nonzero.
Vector calculus is applied in electrical engineering especially with the use of electromagnetics. It is also applied in fluid dynamics, as well as statics.
Electromagnetic fields, gravitational fields and fluid flow. If you are an engineer you will come across vector calculus to handle three dimensional space.
Osborne Reynolds - Fluid Mechanics Isaac Newton - Vector Mechanics/ Gravitational Physics Gallileo Gallilei - Gravitational Physics Erwin Schrodinger - Quantum Mechanics WIlliam Hamilton - LaGrangian Method Mechanics
Journal of Fluid Mechanics was created in 1956.
James W. Murdock has written: 'Fluid mechanics and its applications' -- subject(s): Fluid mechanics 'Fundamental fluid mechanics for the practicing engineer' -- subject(s): Fluid mechanics
applications of fluid mechanics in civil engineering
Irving Herman Shames has written: 'Mechanics of deformable solids' -- subject(s): Strength of materials, Elastic solids, Elasticity 'Mechanics of fluids' -- subject(s): Fluid mechanics, Problems, exercises, Vector analysis, Hydraulic engineering 'Introduction to statics' -- subject(s): Statics 'Energy and finite element methods in structural mechanics' -- subject(s): Structural analysis (Engineering), Metric system, Finite element methods, Calculus of variations, Finite element method
Victor L. Streeter has written: 'Handbook of fluid dynamics' -- subject(s): Fluid dynamics 'Fluid dynamics' -- subject(s): Fluid dynamics 'Fluid Dynamics (Aeronautics Science Publications)' 'Fluid mechanics' -- subject(s): Fluid mechanics 'Fluid mechanics' -- subject(s): Fluid mechanics
Fluid mechanics refer to the branch of physics that deals with fluid and other forces on them. This is sub-divided into fluid statics and fluid kinematics.
Fluid's lack of rigidity contributed to scientist's creation of the area of fluid mechanics.
That depends on what your "real life" consists of. If you sell merchandise at a supermarket, or do carpentry work, you won't need such advanced mathematics. If you work in the engineering fields, you might need it at some moment like with electromagnetic fields, gravitational fields and fluid flow. If you are an engineer you will come across vector calculus to handle three dimensional space.
G. I. Taylor Professorship of Fluid Mechanics was created in 1992.