The acceleration of an element of fluid, given by the convective derivative of the velocity 
,
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where 
is the gradient operator.
Convective Acceleration
See also
Acceleration, Convective Derivative, Convective OperatorExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Batchelor, G. K. An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, p. 73, 1977.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
Convective AccelerationCite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Convective Acceleration." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ConvectiveAcceleration.html