 Polar shear stress in a Newtonian fluid (source code)

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= Polar shear stress in a Newtonian fluid

For a planar velocity field in polar coordinates,
$$
\sigma_{r\theta}
=\mu\left[
r\frac{\partial}{\partial r}\left(\frac{u_\theta}{r}\right)
+\frac1r\frac{\partial u_r}{\partial\theta}
\right].
$$

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