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A poise is unit of viscosity.

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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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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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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 p is the density and η is coefficient of viscosity of fluid which flows with a speed v in the pipe of diameter d, the correct formula for Reynolds number Re is
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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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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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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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Identify the incorrect statement regarding Reynold's number Re:
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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 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?
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A metal block of Film area 0.10 m2 is connected to a 0.01 kg mass is string that passes over a massless and frictionless pulley as shown figure. A liquid with a film thickness of 0.3 mm is placed between the block and the table. When released the block moves to the right with a constant speed of 0.085 m s-1. The coefficient of viscosity of the liquid is (Take g=10 m s-2)
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The velocity of water in river is 18 km h-1 near the surface. If the river is 5 m deep, then the shearing stress between the surface layer and the bottom layer is (coefficient of viscosity of water, η=10-3 Pa s)