[Physics] How to get pressure from continuity equation for an incompressible fluid

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The initial formulation of continuity equation for in-compressible fluids does not contain initially pressure.
$$\nabla \cdot \vec v = 0$$
I have seen, in some books it is assumed that pressure is calculated from continuity equation. How can we get such a relation from continuity equation which does not contain pressure initially?

The author calls such a formulation of continuity equation -from which we get pressure- as 'primitive variable formulation'.

Best Answer

You solve two equations: continuity and Navier Stokes equation, to find two unknowns: velocity vector field and (scalar) pressure field. Solving only Navier Stokes equation gives you velocity field as a function of pressure. Then the pressure field must be such that the resulting velocity field satisfies continuity equation. This is what is meant when one says that pressure is to be found from continuity equation.