Stokes Law

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Stokes Law: Overview

In this topic, we will learn about Stokes law with an example. It also explains how to find the terminal velocity and factors affecting it.

Important Questions on Stokes Law

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A spherical ball of radius 1×10-4 m and density 104 kg m-3 falls freely under gravity through a distance h before entering a tank of water. If after entering the water the velocity of the ball does not change, find h. The viscosity of water is 9.8×10-6 Nsm-2.

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Stoke's can be applied for the measurement of the viscosity of fluids

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A lead ball of 1 mm diameter falls through a long column of glycerine. The variation of its velocity with distance covered is represented by

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Eight identical drops of water, each of radius 2 mm are falling through air at a terminal velocity of 8 cm s-1. If they coalesce to form a single drop, then the terminal velocity of the combined drop will be :

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Best graph from following between terminal velocity v of a spherical object and radius of object r is 

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A drop of water of radius 0.0015 mm is falling in air. If the coefficient of viscosity of air is 2.0×10-5 kg m-1 s-1, the terminal velocity of the drop will be: (The density of water =103 kg m-3 and g=10 m s-2)

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Eight drops of water, each of radius 2 mm are falling through air at a terminal velocity of 8 cm s-1. If they coalesce to from a single drop, then the terminal velocity of combined drop will be:

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A metallic sphere of mass M falls through glycerine, If we drop a ball of mass 8M of same metal into a column of glycerine, the terminal velocity of the ball will be

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A spherical ball of radius R is falling in a viscous fluid with velocity v. The retarding viscous force acting on the spherical ball is:

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A rain drop of radius 0.3 mm has a terminal velocity in air 1 ms-1. The viscosity of air is 18×10-5 poise. Find the viscous force on the rain drops.

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What will be the approximate terminal velocity of a rain drop of diameter 1.8×10-3m , when density of rain water 103kgm-3 and the coefficient of viscosity of air 1.8×10-5N-sm-2 ? Neglect buoyancy of air

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Two spheres of radii r1 and r2 (r1 > r2) is dropped through a tube full of glycerine. Their terminal velocities v1 and v2 are calculated in the experiment. Which of the following is true?

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When a sphere falls through a liquid under the terminal velocity condition, the acceleration of the particle is

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A flow is said to be steady if the velocity pressure and density at any point is ______.

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Two rain drops reach the earth with the terminal velocities in the ratio 4 : 9 . The ratio of radii is :

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When body falls in liquid with terminal velocity, the ratio of resistive force of liquid to its weight is-

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The mass of a lead ball is M. It falls down in a viscous liquid with terminal velocity V. The terminal velocity of another lead ball of mass 8M in the same liquid will be -

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Two rain drops reach the earth with their terminal velocities in the ratio 4 : 9. The ratio of their radii is

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A small drop of steel falls from rest through a long height h in coaltar, the final velocity will be proportional to hn, then n is -

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A solid ball of density ρ1 and radius r falls vertically through a liquid of density ρ2. Assume that the viscous force acting on the ball is F=krv, where k is a constant and v its velocity. What is the terminal velocity of the ball?