Stokes Law

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Stokes Law: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Stokes' Law, Applications of Stokes' Law, Velocity of Rain Drops, Velocity of Spherical Ball in Viscous Medium, Viscous Force on Spherical Bodies and, Terminal Velocity of Spherical Ball

Important Questions on Stokes Law

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A spherical ball of density ρ and radius 0.003 m is dropped into a tube containing a viscous fluid, filled up to the 0 cm mark as shown in the figure. Viscosity of the fluid =1.260 N m-2 s-1 and its density ρ L = ρ/2=1260 kg m-3. Assume the ball reaches a terminal speed by the 10 cm mark. Find the time taken by the ball to traverse the distance between the 10 cm and 20 cm mark. [g = acceleration due to gravity = 10 m s-2​​ ]
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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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The terminal velocity of copper ball of radius 2 mm falling through a tank of oil at 20 °C  is 6.5 cm s-1. If viscosity of the oil at 20 °C is 9.9×10-1 kg m-1 s-1 and density of copper is 8.9×103 kg m-3. Then density of the oil will be

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Eight equal drops of water are falling through air with a steady speed of 10 cm s-1. If the drops coalesce, the new velocity is:-

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An air bubble of diameter 6 mm rises steadily through a solution of density 1750 kg m-3 at the rate of 0.35 cm s-1. The co-efficient of viscosity of the solution (neglect density of air) is ________ Pas (given, g =10 m s-2).

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A ball of mass m and radius r and density ρ is dropped in a liquid of density ρ0. After moving for sometime, the speed of the ball becomes constant and equal to v0. The coefficient of viscosity of the liquid is

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A liquid drop of mass m and radius r is falling from great height. Its velocity is proportional to

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What is the terminal velocity of a rain drop of radius 0.02 mm?

[Note that the coefficient of viscosity of air is 1.8×10-5 N m-2, density of water is 1000 Kg m-3. Use g=10 m s-2 and density of air can be neglected in comparison with density of water]

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Two solid spherical balls A and B of density 10 g cm-3 have radius of 30 mm and 55 mm respectively. Ball A is dropped in a liquid of density 0.75 g cm-3 and viscosity η=1.5 and ball B is dropped in another liquid of density 1.2 g cm-3 and viscosity η=2.2. The terminal velocity of ball A is α times that of ball B. The value of α is

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A force F=BeCt acts on a particle whose mass is m and whose velocity is 0 at t=0. It's terminal velocity (velocity after a long time) is:

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The velocity of a small ball of mass m and density d1, when dropped in a container filled with glycerine, becomes constant after some time. If the density of glycerine is d2, then the viscous force acting on the ball, will be

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A water drop of radius 1μm falls in a situation where the effect of buoyant force is negligible. Co-efficient of viscosity of air is 1.8×10-5 N s m-2 and its density is negligible as compared to that of water 106 g m-3. Terminal velocity of the water drop is

(Take acceleration due to gravity =10 m s-2)

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The terminal velocity vt of the spherical rain drop depends on the radius r of the spherical rain drop as 

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A piece of iron bob is dropped in a very long column of water. What type of motion will be experienced by the bob near the bottom of the water column ?

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How is the viscosity of a highly viscous liquid determined by measuring the terminal velocity.

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Describe an experiment to determine the terminal velocity.

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Define terminal velocity.

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Explain Stokes Law.

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"Rain drops falling under gravity do not acquire very high velocity". Why ?

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A drop of water of radius 10-5 is falling through a medium whose density is 1.21 kgm-3 and coefficient of viscosity 1.8×10-4 poise . Find the terminal velocity of the drop.