Viscosity

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Viscosity: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Viscosity of Fluids, Viscous Force, Temperature and Viscosity & Pressure and Viscosity etc.

Important Questions on Viscosity

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An open cubical tank was initially fully filled with water. When the tank was accelerated on a horizontal plane along one of its side it was found that one third of volume of water spilled out. The acceleration was

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The excess pressure inside an air bubble of radius r just below the surface of water is P 1 . The pressure inside a drop of the same radius just outside the surface is P 2 . If T is surface tension then

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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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What is the constant force F required to pull the plate of area A parallel to wall with constant velocity V0 in the given figure. ( η= coefficient of viscosity.)

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A force of 3.14 N is required to drag a sphere of radius 4 cm with a speed of 5 m/s in a medium in gravity free space. The coefficient of viscosity of the medium is

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A force of 3.14 N is required to drag a sphere of radius 4 cm with a speed of 5 m s-1 in a medium in gravity free space. The coefficient of viscosity of the medium is

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When a tangential force of 0.02 N is applied on a large wooden plate of area 10 m2 floating on the surface of river, plate moves with the speed 2 ms-1 on the river surface. The river is 1 m deep and the water in contact with the bed is stationary. Assuming constant speed gradient, coefficient of viscosity of water is

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Consider a situation in which there is a Newtonian fluid between two long coaxial uniformly moving cylinders of radius R and 2R.

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 On increasing pressure, the viscosity of gas molecules _____ due to the increase in glow of molecules.

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On increasing pressure viscosity of liquid molecules _____.

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On increasing pressure viscosity of liquid molecules increases.

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How does viscosity affect pressure drop?
 

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How does pressure affect viscosity?
 

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A layer of oil 1.5 mm thick is placed between two microscope slides. A force of 5.5×104 N is required to glide one slide over the other at a speed of 1 cm s-1. If the coefficient of viscosity of the oil is 0.138 N s m-2, then their contact area is _____.

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Calculate the area of metal plate that is placed on a layer of castor oil of thickness 0.25×10-3 m, as 2.5 N of force is applied on the plate to move with velocity 3×10-2 m s-1. The coefficient of viscosity of castor oil is 0.083×103 N s m-2.

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Using the S.I. unit find the dimensional formula for coefficient of viscosity.

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The possible CGS units of coefficient of viscosity is 

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Which of the following are the possible S.I. units of coefficient of viscosity?

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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.

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Explain the importance of reynold's number.