Vol 6 - Landau+Lifschitz - Fluid Mechanics · Problem 1

IDEAL FLUIDS

Physics — Landau & Lifshitz · lagrangian-variables-ideal-fluid

Problem

Write down the equations for one-dimensional motion of an ideal fluid in terms of the variables

a

t

, where

a

(called a Lagrangian variable

\dagger

) is the

x

coordinate of a fluid particle at some instant

t = t_0