2.2.17 · HinglishFluid Mechanics

Viscous flow — Poiseuille flow, velocity profile in pipe

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2.2.17 · Physics › Fluid Mechanics


WHAT is viscosity? (pehle, building block)

WHY this form? Jitni tezi se ek layer apne neighbour ke relative move karti hai, utna hi zyada molecules ek doosre ko drag karte hain → stress gradient ke proportional hai, speed ke nahi.


Setting up Poiseuille flow

Hum steady, laminar, incompressible flow consider karte hain ek horizontal cylindrical pipe mein jiska radius aur length hai, jo pressure difference se drive hoti hai.

Figure — Viscous flow — Poiseuille flow, velocity profile in pipe

Derivation from scratch (force balance on a cylinder)


Profile se flow rate tak (practical payoff)


Worked Examples


Common Mistakes (Steel-manned)


Active Recall

Recall Quick self-test (answers chhupa lo!)
  • Integration constant kis boundary condition se fix hota hai? → No-slip: .
  • Velocity profile ki shape kya hai? → Parabolic, .
  • ka par kya dependence hai? → .
  • Mean speed vs max speed? → .
  • Kis tarah ka flow required hai? → Laminar, steady, incompressible, Newtonian.
Recall Feynman: ek 12-saal ke bachche ko explain karo

Socho ek lambi line of people ko ek narrow hallway se push kar rahe ho. Jo log walls se brush kar rahe hain woh phans jaate hain aur barely hilte hain, lekin beech wale freely daud sakte hain. Toh beech wala fastest jaata hai aur edges rengti hain — yahi curved "parabola" shape hai. Sabko chalate rehne ke liye tumhe peeche se push karte rehna padta hai (yahi pressure hai). Aur ek wider hallway itna zyada help karta hai ki width double karne par 16 guna zyada log guzar sakte hain — kyunki zyada jagah aur kam wall-stickiness dono help karte hain.


Connections

  • Viscosity and Newton's law of viscosity — woh foundation jo yahan use hui hai.
  • Reynolds number and turbulence — batata hai ki Poiseuille's law kab break down hota hai.
  • Equation of continuity — connected pipes mein , area aur speed ko relate karta hai.
  • Bernoulli's principle — non-viscous counterpart; Poiseuille friction losses add karta hai.
  • Stokes' law and terminal velocity — viscous-drag ka ek aur application.
  • Blood flow and circulatory system scaling ka biological use.

Newton's law of viscosity (formula)
— shear stress = viscosity × velocity gradient.
No-slip condition kaunsi boundary condition hai?
Pipe wall par fluid velocity zero hoti hai, .
Poiseuille flow mein velocity profile
— ek parabola, centre par max, wall par zero.
Pipe mein maximum (centre) velocity
.
Hagen–Poiseuille flow rate
.
Flow rate pipe radius par kaise depend karta hai?
— radius double → 16× flow.
Mean aur max velocity ka relation
(parabolic profile).
Poiseuille's law ke assumptions kya hain?
Steady, laminar, incompressible, Newtonian fluid ek long straight pipe mein.
Radius r, length L ke coaxial cylinder ke liye side-surface viscous force kaise likhte hain?
.
Zyada viscosity flow kyun reduce karti hai?
; zyada internal friction same pressure ke liye motion ko resist karta hai.

Concept Map

fixes integration constant

defines shear stress

drives flow

resisting force

steady flow net force zero

integrate

parabolic shape

zero at wall

equals dP R^2 / 4 eta L

integrate over area

scales as R^4

No-slip condition

Velocity profile v r

Viscosity eta

Newton law tau = eta dv/dr

Pressure difference dP

Force balance on cylinder

dv/dr = -dP r / 2 eta L

Max at centre v_max

Depends on R^2

Flow rate Q

Poiseuille law