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Define kinematic viscosity.

Important Questions on Fluid Motion

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The velocity of water in a river is 18 km h-1 near the surface. If the river is 5m deep, find the shearing stress between the horizontal layers of water. The coefficient of viscosity of water=10-2 poise.
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Two capillary tubes of same length each of 50 cm but of different radii 4 mm and 2 mm are connected in series. When water flows, the pressure difference between the ends of the arrangement is P. Then the pressure difference between the ends of the first tube is
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Under a constant pressure head, the rate of flow of orderly volume flow of liquid through a capillary tube is V. if the length of the capillary is doubled and the diameter of the bore is halved, the rate of flow would become
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The velocity of water in a river is 18 km h-1 near the surface. If the river is 5 m deep, find the shearing stress between the horizontal layers of water. The coefficient of viscosity of water=10-2 poise.
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A steel ball is dropped in a viscous liquid. The distance of the steel ball from the top of the liquid is shown below. The terminal velocity of the ball is closest to

 

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Consider a thin square plate floating on a viscous liquid in a large tank. The height h of the liquid in the tank is much less than the width of the tank. The floating plate is pulled horizontally with a constant velocity u0. Which of the following statements is (are) true?
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Explain the difference between solid friction and viscocity.
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How do you calculate flow rate in a tube?
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What do you mean by streamlined and tube of flow?
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A cubical block of side a and density ρ slides over a fixed inclined plane with constant velocity v. There is a thin film of a viscous fluid of thickness t between the plane and the block. Then, the coefficient of viscosity of the thin film will be: (Acceleration due to gravity is g)

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What is a tube of flow ? Why liquid particles of two adjacent tubes of flow cannot mix with each other?
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A cubical block of side 'a' and density 'p' slides over a fixed inclined plane with constant velocity 'v'. There is a thin film of viscous fluid of thickness 't' between the plane and the block. Then the coefficient of viscosity of the thin film will be:

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Water flows between two plates of which the upper one is stationary and the lower one is moving with a velocity V. What fluid in contact with the upper plate?
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Define terminal velocity. Explain the observed rise of air bubbles in a liquid.

 

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What is streamline and turbulent flow?
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If the approximate viscosity of the oil for the following case is λ × 102 Ns m-2 then find λ:

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Which of the following is a dimension of dynamic viscosity?
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What is relative viscosity? What is its application?
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The kinematic viscosity of a fluid is 0.1 strokes, what will be the value is m2sec?