Newtonian fluid
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A Newtonian fluid has viscous <stress> proportional to the local <rate-of-strain tensor>, with coefficients independent of that rate. For an isotropic fluid these coefficients are viscosities. Its <Newtonian fluid stress tensor> specifies the corresponding constitutive relation; the material and its <stress> <tensor> are distinct concepts.