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Using the method of dimensions, check the correctness of the following equations:

 K=Iω22where K is the rotational kinetic energy, I is the moment of inertia and ω is the angular velocity of a body rotating about an axis.

Important Questions on Dimensional Analysis

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Using the method of dimensions, check the correctness of the following equations:

ρ=3g4πReG, where ρ is the density and Re is the radius of the earth.

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Using the method of dimensions, check the correctness of the following equations:

ve=2GMeRe, where veis the escape velocity from earth whose mass and radius are Meand Re respectively.

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Using the method of dimensions, check the correctness of the following equations:

h=3S cosθrρg, where his the height of a liquid of density ρ and surface tension S raised in a capillary tube of radius r, and θ is the angle of contact.

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Using the method of dimensions, check the correctness of the following equations:

V=πpr48ηl, where V is the volume of a liquid of coefficient of viscosity η flowing per second through a horizontal capillary tube of radius r and length l, having a pressure difference p between its two ends.

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Using the method of dimensions, check the correctness of the following equations:

v=Fm, where v is the velocity of a transverse wave in a string of mass per unit length m and stretched under tension F.

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Using the method of dimensions, check the correctness of the following equations:

v=Bρ, where v is the velocity of a longitudinal wave in a liquid of bulk modulus of elasticity B and density ρ.

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Using the method of dimensions, check the correctness of the following equations:

λ=hmv, where λ is the de Broglie wavelength of a particle of m moving with velocity ν.

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Prove with the help of dimensional analysis that the equation h=12gt for the distance travelled by a body falling freely under gravity in time t is incorrect. Find the correct equation with the help of dimensions.