1.

The velocity profile within a laminar boundary layer on a flat plate is given approximately
by u/

=

where is the local boundary layer thickness given

by (

, where

is the velocity far from the plate, and the origin is

located at the leading edge of the plate. How does the wall shear stress vary with x? If the
fluid is at 20C and

=30m/s, estimate the grag on one side plate 2m wide by 3 m long.

2. At 5Kg cube 12 cm on a side slides down an oil-coated incline. If the incline makes a 10
angle with the horizontal and the oil layer is 0.2 00 trick, estimate the speed with which
the block slides down the incline. Ignore end effects and assume a linear velocity profile in
the oil layer. The viscosity of the oil is 0.1 Pa-s.


3. The height h of the water in the glass tube shown is 50mm. The diameter of the tube is
2.5 mm. what would the height in the tube be if the surface tension of the water were
zero? To what height would the water rise if the tube were 1.0 mm in the diameter? For
each tube, what would the percentage error be in the height measurement if the capillary
effect were not taken into account? Let the water temperature be 20C.






4. A soap bubble hangs from a horizontal circular ring of radius equal to 3 cm:


The mass of the soapy water comprising the bubble is 0.0014 kg. Assuming the bubble is
spherical and neglecting any contact angle effects at the junction of the ring and the bubble.
A] Find the angle, , between a tangent to the bubble at the ring and the vertical if the surface
tension of the soapy water is 0.05 N/m. Assume the acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s2.
[B] Find the radius of the soap bubble.
[C] Find the thickness of the soap bubble given that the density of the soapy water is 1000
kg/m3.
[D] Could you devise a way to measure surface tension liquid with arrangement?. What would
you measure?
5. A plane wall is immersed in a large body of liquid of density which is at rest:


The surface tension of the liquid surface is denoted by S and the contact angle with the
wall by . Find the equation of the water surface in the form y = y(x) ; the function should
contain the quantities S, , and the acceleration due to gravity, g. To simplify the
problem assume that the curvature of the water surface can be approximated by

.
Find the height, h, in terms of S, , and g.