viscosities compare with plain water at 37 C?

Solution: (a) By definition, since viscosity varies with strain rate, blood is a nonnewtonian
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in Fig. 1.9(a). The decrease is too slight to call this a PplasticQ fluid. (c) These viscosity
values are from six to fifteen times the viscosity of pure water at 37 C, which is about 0.00070
kg/m-s. The viscosity of the liquid part of blood, called plasma, is about 1.8 times that of
water. Then there is a sharp increase of blood viscosity due to hematocrit, which is the
Problems:
percentage, by volume, of red cells and platelets in the blood. For normal human beings, the
hematocrit varies from 40% to 60%, which makes this blood about six times the viscosity of
plasma.
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1. 1.53

1.48 A thin moving plate is separated from two fixed plates by two fluids of unequal
viscosity and unequal spacing, as shown below. The contact area is A. Determine (a) the
force required, and (b) is there a necessary relation between the two viscosity values?

Solution: (a) Assuming a linear velocity distribution on each side of the plate, we obtain

1V 2V
F 1A 2A A Ans. (a )
h1 h2

The formula is of course valid only for laminar (nonturbulent) steady viscous flow. (b)
Since the center plate separates the two fluids, they may have separate, unrelated shear
stresses, and there is no necessary relation between the two viscosities.

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2. 1.76

A vertical concentric annulus, with outer radius ro and inner radius ri, is lowered into
fluid of surface tension Y and contact angle q < 90°. Derive an expression for the
capillary rise h in the annular gap, if the gap is very narrow.

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Chapter 2:
3. 2.17

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4. 2.19

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5. 2.40

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6. 2.70

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7. 2.85

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8. 2.98

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9. 2.107

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10. 2.155

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11. 2.165

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