Viscosity

  • Why Do You Find Cloud Particles Floating In the Sky And Raindrops Falling Through The Air Instead Of Floating In It?

    The tiny drops of water have a radius as small as 0.001cm and their terminal velocity when they fall through the air of coefficient of viscosity is about 1.2 cm/sec.…

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  • State And Prove Bernoulli’s Theorem.

    Bernoulli’s Theorem: In streamline motion of an incompressible liquid, the total energy of the liquid i.e., the sum of potential energy, kinetic energy and pressure energy remains constant at all…

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  • State Torricelli’s Theorem.

    Torricelli’s Theorem: This theorem states that the velocity of efflux of a liquid through an orifice is equal to the velocity which a freely falling body attains while falling through…

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  • Show That The Speed Of A Liquid Coming Out Through A Hole At A Depth “h” Bellow The Free Surface In A Tank Is The Same As That Of A Particle Falling Through A Height “h” Under Gravity.

    Torricelli’s Theorem: This theorem states that the velocity of efflux of a liquid through an orifice is equal to the velocity which a freely falling body attains while falling through…

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  • Calculate The Maximum Range Of Flow Of A Liquid Through An Orifice In A Reservoir.

    Range of Flow: As the liquid escapes through the orifice, it has zero vertical velocity and let be the horizontal velocity. It flows out in the form of a parabolic…

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  • State And Prove Bernoulli’s Theorem From Work-Energy Theorem.

    Bernoulli’s Theorem from Work-Energy Theorem: Let us consider a tube AB of an incompressible fluid of density . Let , and , and , are respectively the cross sectional area,…

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  • Discuss The Effect Of Temperature And Pressure On Viscosity Of Liquid.

    Effect Of Temperature: The viscosity of liquid decreases with increase in temperature. No definite relation has been found to exist between viscosity and temperature, but various emperical formulas have been…

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  • Explain The Principle Of Venturimeter.

    Venturimeter: Venturimeter is a device to measure the rate of flow of a liquid through a pipe based on Bernoulli’s theorem, as shown in Fig.1. It consists of a horizontal…

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