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The document presents problems related to viscosity and surface tension, including calculations for force required to move a block on an inclined surface, torque transmission in a clutch system, drag force in laminar flow through a pipe, and force needed to maintain motion of a plate in an oil layer. It also addresses capillary rise in a glass tube and gage pressure inside soap bubbles of varying diameters. Each problem requires application of fluid dynamics principles and specific viscosity or surface tension values.

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Worked Example 1

The document presents problems related to viscosity and surface tension, including calculations for force required to move a block on an inclined surface, torque transmission in a clutch system, drag force in laminar flow through a pipe, and force needed to maintain motion of a plate in an oil layer. It also addresses capillary rise in a glass tube and gage pressure inside soap bubbles of varying diameters. Each problem requires application of fluid dynamics principles and specific viscosity or surface tension values.

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VISCOSITY

1. A 50-cm x 30-cm x 20-cm block weighing 150 N is to be moved at a constant velocity of 0.8 m/s on an inclined surface
with a friction coefficient of 0.27. (a) Determine the force F that needs to be applied in the horizontal direction. (b) If
a 0.4-mm-thick oil film with a dynamic viscosity of 0.012 Pa . s is applied between the block and inclined surface,
determine the percent reduction in the required force.
2. The clutch system shown in the following figure is used to transmit torque through a 2-mm-thick oil film with  =
0.38 N s/m2 between two identical 30-cm-diameter disks. When the driving shaft rotates at a speed of 1450 rpm, the
driven shaft is observed to rotate at 1398 rpm. Assuming a linear velocity profile for the oil film, determine the
transmitted torque.
3. In regions far from the entrance, fluid flow through a circular pipe is one-dimensional, and the velocity profile for
laminar flow is given by,

where R is the radius of the pipe, r is the radial distance from the center of the pipe, and umax is the maximum flow
velocity, which occurs at the center. Obtain (a) a relation for the drag force applied by the fluid on a section of the
pipe of length L and (b) the value of the drag force for water flow at 20°C with R = 0.08 m, L = 15 m, umax = 3 m/s,
and  = 0.0010 kg/m s.
4. A thin 20-cm x 20-cm flat plate is pulled at 3 m/s horizontally through a 3.6-mm-thick oil layer sandwiched
between two plates, one stationary and the other moving at a constant velocity of 0.3 m/s, as shown in the
following figure. The dynamic viscosity of oil is 0.027 Pa s. Assuming the velocity in each oil layer to vary
linearly, (a) plot the velocity profile and find the location where the oil velocity is zero and (b) determine the force
that needs to be applied on the plate to maintain this motion.
SURFACE TENSION

5. A 0.6-mm-diameter glass tube is inserted into water at 20°C in a cup. Determine the capillary rise of water in
the tube considering surface tension of water at 20°C is 0.073 N/m.
6. Determine the gage pressure inside a soap bubble of diameter (a) 0.2 cm and (b) 5 cm at 20°C.

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