Engineering
Physics
Viscosity and Terminal Velocity New
Question
Viscous force acting on sphere of radius R moving with certain velocity in a liquid is propotinal to
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Solution
The viscous force on a sphere moving through a fluid is given by Stokes' Law. The formula is:
where is the viscous force, is the fluid's viscosity, is the sphere's radius, and is its velocity. The force is directly proportional to the radius .
Final Answer: R