Conservation Of Mass ================================== - Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications, Fourth Edition, Yunus Cengel, John Cimbala pp-445 Derivation Using the Divergence Theorem `````````````````````````````````````````` Conservation of mass for a CV: .. math:: \cfrac{\text{d}m_{sys}}{\text{d}t}=\cfrac{\text{d}}{\text{d}t}\int_{\text{CV}}\rho \text{d}V +\int_{\text{CS}}\rho (\mathbf{v}-\mathbf{v}_{\text{CS}})\cdot\mathbf{n}\text{d}A - .. math:: \int_{\text{CV}}\cfrac{\partial \rho}{\partial t}dV+\int_{\text{CS}}\rho \vec{V}\cdot \vec{n}dA=0 - .. math:: \cfrac{\text{d}m_{sys}}{\text{d}t}=\cfrac{\text{d}}{\text{d}t}\int_{\text{CV}}\rho \text{d}V +\int_{\text{CS}}\rho (\mathbf{v}-\mathbf{v}_{\text{CS}})\cdot\mathbf{n}\text{d}A= \int_{\text{CV}}\cfrac{\partial \rho}{\partial t}dV+\int_{\text{CS}}\rho \vec{V}\cdot \vec{n}dA=0 Divergence theorem: .. math:: \int_{V}\nabla\cdot\vec{G}=\oint_{A}\vec{G}\cdot\vec{n}dA - .. math:: \int_{\text{CV}}\cfrac{\partial \rho}{\partial t}dV+\int_{\text{CV}}\nabla\cdot(\rho \vec{V})dV=0 We now combine the two volume integrals into one, .. math:: \int_{\text{CV}}\left[\cfrac{\partial \rho}{\partial t}+\nabla\cdot(\rho \vec{V})\right]dV=0 Continuity equation: .. math:: \cfrac{\partial \rho}{\partial t}+\nabla\cdot(\rho \vec{V})=0 Alternative Form of the Continuity Equation .. math:: \cfrac{\partial \rho}{\partial t}+\nabla\cdot(\rho \vec{V})=\underbrace{\cfrac{\partial \rho}{\partial t} +\vec{V}\cdot\nabla\rho}_{\text{Material derivative of } \rho}+\rho\nabla\cdot\vec{V}=0 - .. math:: \cfrac{\text{d}\rho}{\text{d} t}+\rho\nabla\cdot\vec{V}=0