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A measure of resistance of a Continuum body to compression.
A measure of isothermal relative change in density
or molar volume under a unit pressure variation:...
Compressibility depends on the thermodynamic conditions at which it is measured.
The most popular are:
Isothermal Compressibility | Isentropic Compressibility |
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| c_T = \frac{1}{\rho} \left( \frac{\partial \rho}{\partial p} \right)_T |
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| c_S = \frac{1}{\rho} \left( \frac{\partial \rho}{\partial p} \right)_S |
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See also
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Physics / Mechanics / Continuum mechanics
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