MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Drops and Bubbles Post a Comment One consequence of surface tension is that free liquid drops and bubbles are spherical if effects o… Read more Drops and Bubbles
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Angle of Contact Post a Comment The surface of liquid near the plane of contact, with another medium is in general curved. The angl… Read more Angle of Contact
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Surface Energy and Surface Tension Post a Comment As we have discussed that an extra energy is associated with surface of liquids, the creation of mo… Read more Surface Energy and Surface Tension
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Surface Tension Post a Comment You must have noticed that, oil and water do not mix; water wets you and me but not ducks; mercury … Read more Surface Tension
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Viscosity and Stokes’ Law Post a Comment Most of the fluids are not ideal ones and offer some resistance to motion. This resistance to fluid… Read more Viscosity and Stokes’ Law
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Dynamic Lift Post a Comment Dynamic lift is the force that acts on a body, such as airplane wing, a hydrofoil or a spinning bal… Read more Dynamic Lift
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Venturi-meter Post a Comment The Venturi-meter is a device to measure the flow speed of incompressible fluid. It consists of a t… Read more Venturi-meter
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Speed of Efflux: Torricelli’s Law Post a Comment The word efflux means fluid outflow. Torricelli discovered that the speed of efflux from an open ta… Read more Speed of Efflux: Torricelli’s Law