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The  fluid which density is not dependent on pressure  p:

(1) \rho(T, p) = \rho_0(T) = {\rm const}

which is equivalent to zero compressibility:

(2) c(T, p) \equiv 0 \Leftrightarrow \frac{d \rho}{ dp} = 0

Incompressible matter does not exist but in many practical applications the pressure and temperature variations stay within the sufficiently narrow range where a given matter can be considered as incompressible.


The concept of incompressible fluid should not be confused with Incompressible flow.


See also


Physics / Fluid (PVT) Analysis / Fluid (PVT) modelling / Compressibility

Incompressible flow ]



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