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Explain the free fall of a spherical body in a viscous liquid and derive the expression for the viscous force acting on it.

Important Questions on Mechanical Properties of Fluids

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A metal block of base area 0.20 m2 is placed on a table, as shown in figure. A liquid film of thickness 0.25 mm is inserted between the block and the table. The block is pushed by a horizontal force of 0.1 N and moves with a constant speed. If the viscosity of the liquid is 5.0×103 Pl, the speed of block is ______ ×10-3 m s-1.

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Oil is used for frying food materials rather than water, since oil
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The relative viscosity of blood remains constant between
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Two spheres P and Q of equal radii have densities ρ1 and ρ2 , respectively. The spheres are connected by a massless string and placed in liquids L1 and L2 of densities σ1 and σ2 and viscosities η1 and η2 , respectively. They float in equilibrium with the sphere P in L1 and sphere Q in L2 and the string being taut (see figure). If sphere P alone in L2 has terminal velocity VP and Q alone in L1 has terminal velocity VQ , then

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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 upper layer of water in a river is 36 km h-1. Shearing stress between horizontal layers of water is 10-3 N m-2. Depth of the river is _____ m. (Co-efficient of viscosity of water is 10-2 Pa s)
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If it takes 5 minutes to fill a 15 litre bucket from a water tap of diameter 2π cm then the Reynolds number for the flow is (density of water = 103  kg/m3 and viscosity of water=10-3 Pa.s ) close to:
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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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The velocity of a small ball of mass M and density ρ, when dropped in a container filled with glycerine becomes constant after some time. If the density of glycerine is ρ2, then the viscous force acting on the ball will be:
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Which of the following option correctly describes the variation of the speed υ and acceleration 'a' of a point mass falling vertically in a viscous medium that applies a force F=-kυ , where 'k' is a constant, on the body? (Graphs are schematic and not drown to scale)
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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 thin 1 m long rod has a radius of 5 mm. A force of 50π×103 N is applied at one end to determine its Young's modulus. Assume that the force is exactly known. If the least count in the measurement of all lengths is 0.01 mm, which of the following statements is false?
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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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A raindrop with radius R=0.2 mm falls from a cloud at a height h=2000 m above the ground. Assume that the drop is spherical throughout its fall and the force of buoyance may be neglected, then the terminal speed attained by the raindrop is : [Density of water fw=1000 kg m-3 and Density of air fa=1.2 kg m-3, g=10 m/s2 Coefficient of viscosity of air =1.8×10-5N s m-2

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Identify the incorrect statement regarding Reynold's number Re:
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Water from a pipe is coming at a rate of 100 liters per minute. If the radius of the pipe is 5 cm, the Reynolds number for the flow is of the order of: (density of water = 100 kg/m3, coefficient of viscosity of water =1 mPa s)
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A flat plate of area 10 cm2 is separated form a large plate by a layer of Glycerine 1 mm thick. If the coefficient of viscosity of Glycerine is 20 poise, the force required to keep the plate moving with a velocity of 1 cm s-1 is       
 

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A solid sphere of volume V experiences a viscous force F when descending with a speed v in a liquid. If another solid sphere of volume 27 V descends with the same speed v in the same liquid, it experiences a viscous force
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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?