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	Lois de Fick	Approximation de Boussinesq
Domaine	Thermodynamique	Thermodynamique
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1855	1903
Auteur d'origine	Adolf Fick	Joseph Boussinesq
Type	Diffusion law	Approximation technique
Source fondatrice	Fick, A. (1855). On liquid diffusion. Philosophical Magazine, 10(63), 30-39.	Boussinesq, J. (1903). Théorie Analytique de la Chaleur. Gauthier-Villars.
Alias	diffusion equation, Fickian diffusion	buoyancy approximation, Boussinesq model
Apparentées	3	3
Résumé	Fick's Laws describe how species diffuse through media due to concentration gradients. The First Law (steady-state) relates diffusion flux to concentration gradient, while the Second Law (transient) describes how concentration changes over time. These laws are fundamental to mass transfer analysis, applying to gases, liquids, and solids. Fick's Laws are analogous to Fourier's Law of heat conduction, replacing temperature with concentration.	The Boussinesq Approximation simplifies the governing equations for natural convection by treating density as constant except in the buoyancy term. This approximation is valid when temperature variations produce small density changes and allows researchers to solve coupled heat-fluid flow problems without solving the full, nonlinear compressibility equations. The Boussinesq Approximation is fundamental to analyzing buoyancy-driven flows in buildings, enclosures, and geophysical applications.