Fluid Mechanics
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780073398273
Author: Frank M. White
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.41P
An aluminum cylinder weighing 30 N, 6 cm in diameter and 40 cm long, is falling concentrically through a long vertical sleeve of diameter 6.04 cm. The clearance is filled with SAE 50 oil at 20°C. Estimate the terminal (zero acceleration) fall velocity. Neglect air drag and assume a linear velocity distribution in the oil. Hint: You are given diameters, not radii.
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An aluminum cylinder weighing 30 N, 6 cm in diameterand 40 cm long, is falling concentrically through a longvertical sleeve of diameter 6.04 cm. The clearance is fi lledwith SAE 50 oil at 20 ° C. Estimate the terminal (zeroacceleration) fall velocity. Neglect air drag and assume alinear velocity distribution in the oil. Hint: You are givendiameters, not radii.
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