Chapter 2 Aerodynamics: Some Fundamental Principles and Equations There is so great a difference between a fluid and a collection of solid particles that the laws of pressure and of equilibrium of fluids are very different from the laws of the pressure and equilibrium of solids Jean Le rond d Alembert, 1768Chapter 2 Aerodynamics: Some Fundamental Principles and Equations There is so great a difference between a fluid and a collection of solid particles that the laws of pressure and of equilibrium of fluids are very different from the laws of the pressure and equilibrium of solids . Jean Le Rond d’Alembert, 1768