Explain why (d) A fluid flowing out of a small hole in a vessel results in a backward thrust on the vessel

(a) What is the largest average velocity of blood flow in an artery of radius $2 \times 10^{-3}m$ if the flow must remain lanimar?

Toricelli’s barometer used mercury. Pascal duplicated it using French wine of density 984 $kg m^{-3}$. Determine the height of the wine column for normal atmospheric pressure.

Explain why (e) A spinning cricket ball in air does not follow a parabolic trajectory

In the previous problem, if 15.0 cm of water and spirit each are further poured into the respective arms of the tube, what is the difference in the levels of mercury in the two arms ? (Specific gravity of mercury = 13.6)

(b) What is the corresponding flow rate ? (Take viscosity of blood to be $2.084 \times 10^{-3} Pa s$).

Two narrow bores of diameters 3.0 mm and 6.0 mm are joined together to form a U-tube open at both ends. If the U-tube contains water, what is the difference in its levels in the two limbs of the tube ? Surface tension of water at the temperature of the experiment is $7.3 \times 10^{-2} N m^{-1}$. Take the angle of contact to be zero and density of water to be $1.0 \times 10^3 kg m^{-3}$ ($g = 9.8 m s^{-2}$) .

Explain why (e) A drop of liquid under no external forces is always spherical in shape

Explain why (a) To keep a piece of paper horizontal, you should blow over, not under, it

The cylindrical tube of a spray pump has a cross-section of $8.0 cm^2$ one end of which has 40 fine holes each of diameter 1.0 mm. If the liquid flow inside the tube is $1.5 m min^{-1}$, what is the speed of ejection of the liquid through the holes ?

A manometer reads the pressure of a gas in an enclosure as shown in Fig. 10.25 (a) When a pump removes some of the gas, the manometer reads as in Fig. 10.25 (b) The liquid used in the manometers is mercury and the atmospheric pressure is 76 cm of mercury. (a) Give the absolute and gauge pressure of the gas in the enclosure for cases (a) and (b), in units of cm of mercury.

Explain why (d) Water with detergent disolved in it should have small angles of contact.

A U-tube contains water and methylated spirit separated by mercury. The mercury columns in the two arms are in level with 10.0 cm of water in one arm and 12.5 cm of spirit in the other. What is the specific gravity of spirit ?

In a test experiment on a model aeroplane in a wind tunnel, the flow speeds on the upper and lower surfaces of the wing are $70 m s^{-1}$ and $63 m s^{-1}$ respectively. What is the lift on the wing if its area is $2.5 m^2$ ? Take the density of air to be $1.3 kg m^{-3}$.

Fill in the blanks using the word(s) from the list appended with each statement: (d) For a fluid in a steady flow, the increase in flow speed at a constriction follows (conservation of mass / Bernoulli’s principle)

A manometer reads the pressure of a gas in an enclosure as shown in Fig. 10.25 (a) When a pump removes some of the gas, the manometer reads as in Fig. 10.25 (b) The liquid used in the manometers is mercury and the atmospheric pressure is 76 cm of mercury. (b) How would the levels change in case (b) if 13.6 cm of water (immiscible with mercury) are poured into the right limb of the manometer ? (Ignore the small change in the volume of the gas).

Fill in the blanks using the word(s) from the list appended with each statement: (b) Viscosity of gases . . . with temperature, whereas viscosity of liquids . . . with temperature (increases / decreases)

Figures 10.23(a) and (b) refer to the steady flow of a (non-viscous) liquid. Which of the two figures is incorrect ? Why ?

Can Bernoulli’s equation be used to describe the flow of water through a rapid in a river ? Explain.

Fill in the blanks using the word(s) from the list appended with each statement: (e) For the model of a plane in a wind tunnel, turbulence occurs at a ... speed for turbulence for an actual plane (greater / smaller)