Derivation of the Navier–Stokes equations equation), three important concepts may be concisely written: conservation of mass, conservation of momentum, and conservation of energy. Validity is retained if formula_5 is a vector, in which case the vector-vector product in the second term will be a dyad. A general momentum equation is obtained when the conservation relation is applied to momentum. If the intensive property formula_5; considered is the mass flux (also "momentum density"), i.e. the product of mass density and flow velocity formula_17, by substitution in the general continuum equation: where formula_19 is a dyad, a special case of tensor product, which results in a second
Angular velocity is formula_5, and the linear velocity is formula_6, so that formula_7. In the general case of a particle moving in the plane, the angular velocity is measured relative to a chosen center point, called the origin. The diagram shows the radius vector r from the origin "O" to the particle "P", with its polar coordinates formula_8. (All variables are functions of time "t".) The particle has linear velocity splitting as formula_9, with the radial component formula_10 parallel to the radius, and the cross-radial (or tangential or circular) component formula_11 perpendicular to the radius. When there is no radial component, the