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Tutorial 3 - 2024

The document contains a tutorial sheet with seven questions related to fluid dynamics, specifically focusing on dilute suspensions and Stokes flow. Topics include uniform flow past a stationary circle, drag force on inclined fibers, viscosity in Newtonian fluids, separation of particles by size and material, terminal settling velocity calculations, and time to reach terminal velocity. Each question requires analytical solutions and explanations based on fluid mechanics principles.

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Tutorial 3 - 2024

The document contains a tutorial sheet with seven questions related to fluid dynamics, specifically focusing on dilute suspensions and Stokes flow. Topics include uniform flow past a stationary circle, drag force on inclined fibers, viscosity in Newtonian fluids, separation of particles by size and material, terminal settling velocity calculations, and time to reach terminal velocity. Each question requires analytical solutions and explanations based on fluid mechanics principles.

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CLL 331: Tutorial Sheet 3

Dilute Suspensions

Q 1. Solve for uniform flow past a stationary circle in two dimensions (the problem is equivalent to
uniform flow past an infinitely long cylinder with the axis perpendicular to the flow direction). Assume
Stokes flow. (You will not be able to satisfy the boundary conditions of the problem with the solution of
Stokes equation. This problem is famously known as Stokes paradox.) Explain the reason why you are
not able to satisfy the boundary conditions.

Q 2. A fiber inclined at an angle θ is held stagnant in uniform flow of velocity, U. Calculate the drag force
acting on the particle in the direction of the flow and perpendicular to the direction of the flow. Neglect
gravity and assume Stokes flow. (\kappa=l/d>>1)

Q 3. For a Newtonian fluid why is the viscosity not dependent on the flow field? Under what general
conditions can the viscosity depend on the flow field or strain rate?

Q 4. Particles of different sizes (from 0.01mm to 0.2mm in dia) of same material (sp. gravity 2) are to be
separated. How will you separate them into two fraction one up to 0.15 mm and another fraction from
0.15-.2 mm? In another problem, particles of same sizes (from 0.01mm to .2mm in diameter) of two
different materials (sp gravity 2 and 1.5) are to be separated by flow. How will you separate them into
two fraction one up to 0.1 mm and another from 0.15 to 0.2 mm? Can you separate them completely?
Assume the suspension to be dilute.

Q 5. Calculate the terminal settling velocity of a quartz (sp. Gravity =1.20) sphere 0.15 cm in diameter, in
air (viscosity =10^(-5) Pa s). Determine the diameter of a sphere with sp gravity 4.0 having the same
terminal settling velocity.

Q 6. Calculate the time taken to reach 0.99 of the terminal velocity in the first part of the above
problem. Assuming a constant Cd=0.44 for solving the problem.

Q 7. A sphere of density 1400 kg/m3 falls freely under gravity in a fluid of density 700 kg/m3 and viscosity
0.5*10-3 Pas. Given that the terminal velocity of the sphere is 0.15m/s, calculate its diameter. What
would be the edge length of a cube of the same material falling in the same fluid at the same velocity?

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