Stokes flow

fluid flow where advective inertial forces are small compared with viscous forces
Thing flow_type Q674202
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Stokes flow

Summary

Stokes flow is a flow type[1]. It draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (flow_type category, ranking #6 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Stokes flow's instance of is recorded as flow type[3].
  • Stokes flow's instance of is recorded as scientific theory[4].
  • Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet is named after Stokes flow[5].
  • Stokes flow's subclass of is recorded as fluid flow[6].
  • Stokes flow's Commons category is recorded as Stokes flow[7].
  • Stokes flow's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06hf5x[8].
  • Stokes flow's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000328661[9].
  • Stokes flow's defining formula is recorded as \boldsymbol{\nabla} \cdot \mathbb{P} + \mathbf{f} = 0[10].
  • Stokes flow's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as stokes-flow[11].
  • Stokes flow's World of Physics ID is recorded as StokesFlow[12].
  • Stokes flow's World of Physics ID is recorded as StokesFlowCylinder[13].
  • Stokes flow's World of Physics ID is recorded as StokesFlowSphere[14].
  • Stokes flow's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[15].
  • Stokes flow's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 19191322[16].
  • Stokes flow's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C19191322[17].

Why It Matters

Stokes flow draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (flow_type category, ranking #6 of 14).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_stokes-flow_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Stokes flow}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/stokes-flow}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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