Viscosity

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Viscosity: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Condition for Start of Turbulence, Stokes Law, Pressure and Viscosity & Millikan's Oil Drop Experiment etc.

Important Questions on Viscosity

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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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What is the dimension of rate of flow?

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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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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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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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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 pump can push a viscous oil through a long straight pipe of length l with the flow rate of Q. Now a part of the middle section of the pipe is replaced by a ring-shaped section of mean radius R having the same internal cross-section as that of the pipe. If the same pump is used to push oil through this modified pipe then what will be the flow rate.

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Two identical balloons, filled with gases of different densities 0.9 kg m-3 and 1.1kg m-3 are released from an airplane into the atmosphere (density =1 kg m-3 ). Find the speed of lighter balloon as seen by heavier balloon after a long time.

Given: radius of the balloons r=3 cm
Coefficient of viscosity η=10-5 Pa-s
g=10 ms-2

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A plastic circular disc of radius 10 cm is placed on a thin oil film of thickness 2 mm, spread over a flat horizontal surface. The torque required to spin the disc about its central vertical axis with a constant angular velocity 8 rad s-1 is πK N m (coefficient of viscosity of the oil is 1.0 kg m-1 s-1). Then find the value of K.

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Does a parachute descend slowly?

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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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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?