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NDEX

S.
No. Cont
ent PageNo.

1 Theor
y&For
mul
aUsed

2 Di
agr
am &Expendi
tur
e

3 Pr
ocedur
e

5
 THEORY

Viscosi
tyistheresi
stancetof l
owofal iqui
d.Itcameintoaccountbecause
oftheforcesoff
eredbyt helayersavail
ableatthemicroscopi
clevel
.Lower
thedragforcesbetweent helayers,
lowerwouldbeitsv i
scosi
ty,
andhence
fasteri
twouldfl
owandwoul dr equi
relessert
ime.

So,
tomeasuret
hevi
scosi
tyonecancal
cul
atet
het
imer
equi
redt
oreach
poi
ntBf
rom poi
ntA.

Asweknow,
Γ=μ(
du/
dy)
(1)

wher
e,Γi
stheshearst
ress

μi
sthedy
nami
cvi
scosi
ty

du/
dyi
stheshearr
ate

Shearr
ateatt
hei
nnerwal
lfl
owi
ngwi
thi
napi
pei
s:8v
/d
(2)

Linearf
lui
dvel
oci
tywoul
dbe:
v=Q/
A
(3)

Crosssect
ionar
eaoft
hepi
pewoul
dcomeoutt
obe:
A=πr
2

(4)

Ther
efor
e,v
=Q/πr
2
(
5)

Fr
om equat
ion(
2)and(
5),ϓ=4Q/πr
3
(
6)

Nowf
orshearst
ress,
ΔP/
L=2Γ/
r
(
7)

Hence,
Γ=ΔPr
/2L
(
8)
4
Combi
ningequat
ion(
1),
(6)
,(
8)weget
,μ=ΔPπr/8LQ
(9)

Wecanv
olumet
ri
cfl
owr
ateas,
Q=ρv
S
(
10)

Linearv
eloci
ty,
vcanbewr
it
tenas:
v=L/
t
(11)
4
Theref
ore,
viscosi
tywoul
dcomeoutt
obeμ=ΔPπt
r /8L2ρS
(12)

I
ntheabov
eequat
ionπ,
r,
L,
Swoul
dbeconst
ant
.

DI
AGRAM

A B
 EXPENDI
TURE
S.
No I
tem Cost

1. Cy
li
ndr
ical
pipe 900

2. Nozzl
e 500

3. Val
ve 300

Tot
alexpendi
tur
e:1700

PROCEDURE
1.Fluidisinser t
edi ntot hecy li
ndri
caltubethroughanozzl ewhoseflow
ratecanbecont rolledwi ththehelpofv alv
e.
2.Whent hef l
uidst artsf l
owing, t
imeisnot edf ort
hefl
uidtocoverthe
distanceABandt hev elocit
yiscalculat
edbyt hecal
cul
at i
onoffl
ow
rateandcr oss-sect i
onal area.
3.Thev alueoft i
mei sthenputi ntoequation( 12)andcalcul
atedt
he
valueofv iscosi t
y, μ.
4.Pressur edifference, ΔPcanbecal culatedusi ng
piezoelectric/manomet er.