, rotates in a cylindrical chamber, which is filled with water (coefficient of viscosity
). It is rotated with
constant
angular velocity
.
Find the
Power
developed (in
watts
)by the viscous forces, if the distance between the top-bottom walls and the disk is
.
Details and Assumptions:
Neglect end effects.
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Consider an elemental ring of radius r in the disk. This elemental ring is moving with a velocity v = ω r in the liquid. The area of this element is d A = 2 π r d r . Now the liquid in contact with this elemental ring would also have the velocity of the same. So now by Newton's formula, the force on this ring is given by : d F = 2 h η A v = 2 h η w r 2 π r d r We can obtain the power due to this force ( P = F v ) , and on simplifying we get d P = h 4 π η ω 2 r 4 d r Integrating this result form r = 0 to R , we get the power developed as P = h π η ω 2 R 4 = 1 7 9 . 9 4 5