The surface tension of a soap solution is 3.5 10-2 N/m. The work required to increase the radius of a soap bubble from 1 cm to 2 cm is 10-6 J. The value of is . ( =22/7)
Mechanical Properties of Fluids
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A tub is filled with water and a wooden cube 10 cm 10 cm 10 cm is placed in the water. The wooden cube is found to float on the water with a part of it submerged in water. When a metal coin is placed on the wooden cube, the submerged part is increased by 3.87 cm. The mass of the metal coin is gram. (Take water density as 1 g/cm3 and density of wood as 0.4 g/cm3)
Sixty four raindrops of radius 1 mm each falling down with a terminal velocity of 10 cm/s coalesce to form a bigger drop. The terminal velocity of bigger drop is cm/s.
A soap bubble of surface tension 0.04 N/m is blown to a diameter of 7 cm. If (15000 - x) of work is done in blowing it further to make its diameter 14 cm, then the value of x is . ( = 22/7)
The terminal velocity of a metallic ball of radius 6 mm in a viscous fluid is 20 cm/s. The terminal velocity of another ball of same material and having radius 3 mm in the same fluid will be cm/s.
A cube having a side of 10 cm with unknown mass and 200 gm mass were hung at two ends of a uniform rigid rod of 27 cm long. The rod along with masses was placed on a wedge keeping the distance between wedge point and 200 gm weight as 25 cm. Initially the masses were not at balance. A beaker is placed beneath the unknown mass and water is added slowly to it. At given point the masses were in balance and half volume of the unknown mass was inside the water. (Take the density of unknown mass is more than that of the water, the mass did not absorb water and water density is 1 gm/cm3.) The unknown mass is kg.
The excess pressure inside a soap bubble A in air is half the excess pressure inside another soap bubble B in air. If the volume of the bubble A is n times the volume of the bubble B, then, the value of n is .
A vessel with square cross-section and height of 6 m is vertically partitioned. A small window of 100 cm2 with hinged door is fitted at a depth of 3 m in the partition wall. One part of the vessel is filled completely with water and the other side is filled with the liquid having density 1.5 103 kg/m3. What force one needs to apply on the hinged door so that it does not get opened? (Acceleration due to gravity = 10 m/s2)
In a hydraulic lift, the surface area of the input piston is 6 cm2 and that of the output piston is 1500 cm2. If 100 N force is applied to the input piston to raise the output piston by 20 cm, then the work done is kJ.