VISCOSITY AND LAMINAR
FLOW; POISEUILLE’S LAW
HASSANAL PEUTO ABUSAMA, MAT
FLUID MECHANICS
LAMINAR FLOW AND VISCOSITY
• THE PRECISE DEFINITION OF VISCOSITY IS BASED ON LAMINAR, OR
NONTURBULENT, FLOW. BEFORE WE CAN DEFINE VISCOSITY, THEN, WE NEED
TO DEFINE LAMINAR FLOW AND TURBULENT FLOW. FIGURE 12.10 SHOWS
BOTH TYPES OF FLOW. LAMINAR FLOW IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE SMOOTH
FLOW OF THE FLUID IN LAYERS THAT DO NOT MIX. TURBULENT FLOW, OR
TURBULENCE, IS CHARACTERIZED BY EDDIES AND SWIRLS THAT MIX LAYERS OF
FLUID TOGETHER.
• FIGURE 12.10 SMOKE RISES SMOOTHLY FOR A WHILE
AND THEN BEGINS TO FORM SWIRLS AND EDDIES. THE
SMOOTH FLOW IS CALLED LAMINAR FLOW, WHEREAS
THE SWIRLS AND EDDIES TYPIFY TURBULENT FLOW. IF
YOU WATCH THE SMOKE (BEING CAREFUL NOT TO
BREATHE ON IT), YOU WILL NOTICE THAT IT RISES MORE
RAPIDLY WHEN FLOWING SMOOTHLY THAN AFTER IT
BECOMES TURBULENT, IMPLYING THAT TURBULENCE
POSES MORE RESISTANCE TO FLOW. (CREDIT:
CREATIVITY103)
• FIGURE 12.11 (A) LAMINAR FLOW OCCURS IN LAYERS WITHOUT MIXING. NOTICE THAT
VISCOSITY CAUSES DRAG BETWEEN LAYERS AS WELL AS WITH THE FIXED SURFACE. (B) AN
OBSTRUCTION IN THE VESSEL PRODUCES TURBULENCE. TURBULENT FLOW MIXES THE FLUID.
THERE IS MORE INTERACTION, GREATER HEATING, AND MORE RESISTANCE THAN IN LAMINAR
FLOW.
• FIGURE 12.12 THE GRAPHIC SHOWS LAMINAR
FLOW OF FLUID BETWEEN TWO PLATES OF
AREA A . THE BOTTOM PLATE IS FIXED. WHEN
THE TOP PLATE IS PUSHED TO THE RIGHT, IT
DRAGS THE FLUID ALONG WITH IT.
THE GREATER THE VISCOSITY, THE GREATER THE
FORCE REQUIRED. THESE DEPENDENCIES ARE
COMBINED INTO THE EQUATION
LAMINAR FLOW CONFINED TO TUBES—POISEUILLE’S LAW
• WHAT CAUSES FLOW? THE ANSWER, NOT SURPRISINGLY, IS PRESSURE DIFFERENCE. IN FACT,
THERE IS A VERY SIMPLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HORIZONTAL FLOW AND PRESSURE. FLOW
RATE Q IS IN THE DIRECTION FROM HIGH TO LOW PRESSURE. THE GREATER THE PRESSURE
DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN TWO POINTS, THE GREATER THE FLOW RATE. THIS RELATIONSHIP CAN BE
STATED AS
• WHERE P1 AND P2 ARE THE PRESSURES AT TWO POINTS, SUCH AS AT EITHER END OF A TUBE,
AND R IS THE RESISTANCE TO FLOW. THE RESISTANCE R INCLUDES EVERYTHING, EXCEPT
PRESSURE, THAT AFFECTS FLOW RATE. FOR EXAMPLE, R IS GREATER FOR A LONG TUBE THAN FOR
A SHORT ONE. THE GREATER THE VISCOSITY OF A FLUID, THE GREATER THE VALUE OF R .
TURBULENCE GREATLY INCREASES R , WHEREAS INCREASING THE DIAMETER OF A TUBE
DECREASES R .
• IF VISCOSITY IS ZERO, THE FLUID IS FRICTIONLESS AND
THE RESISTANCE TO FLOW IS ALSO ZERO. COMPARING
FRICTIONLESS FLOW IN A TUBE TO VISCOUS FLOW, AS
IN FIGURE 12.13, WE SEE THAT FOR A VISCOUS FLUID,
SPEED IS GREATEST AT MIDSTREAM BECAUSE OF DRAG
AT THE BOUNDARIES. WE CAN SEE THE EFFECT OF
VISCOSITY IN A BUNSEN BURNER FLAME, EVEN
THOUGH THE VISCOSITY OF NATURAL GAS IS SMALL.
• THIS EQUATION IS CALLED POISEUILLE’S LAW FOR
RESISTANCE AFTER THE FRENCH SCIENTIST J. L.
POISEUILLE (1799–1869), WHO DERIVED IT IN AN
ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND THE FLOW OF BLOOD, AN
OFTEN TURBULENT FLUID.
• THIS EQUATION DESCRIBES LAMINAR FLOW THROUGH A TUBE. IT IS
SOMETIMES CALLED POISEUILLE’S LAW FOR LAMINAR FLOW, OR SIMPLY
POISEUILLE’S LAW.
EXAMPLE 12.7 USING FLOW RATE: PLAQUE
DEPOSITS REDUCE BLOOD FLOW
• SUPPOSE THE FLOW RATE OF BLOOD IN A CORONARY ARTERY HAS BEEN REDUCED TO HALF
ITS NORMAL VALUE BY PLAQUE DEPOSITS. BY WHAT FACTOR HAS THE RADIUS OF THE ARTERY
BEEN REDUCED, ASSUMING NO TURBULENCE OCCURS?
• STRATEGY
• ASSUMING LAMINAR FLOW, POISEUILLE’S LAW STATES THAT
• WE NEED TO COMPARE THE ARTERY RADIUS BEFORE AND AFTER THE FLOW RATE REDUCTION.
• SOLUTION
• WITH A CONSTANT PRESSURE DIFFERENCE ASSUMED AND THE SAME LENGTH AND VISCOSITY,
ALONG THE ARTERY WE HAVE
vvvvvvvvvViscosity-and-Laminar-Flow.pptx
vvvvvvvvvViscosity-and-Laminar-Flow.pptx
vvvvvvvvvViscosity-and-Laminar-Flow.pptx
EXAMPLE 12.8 WHAT PRESSURE PRODUCES THIS
FLOW RATE?
• AN INTRAVENOUS (IV) SYSTEM IS SUPPLYING SALINE SOLUTION TO A PATIENT
AT THE RATE OF 0.120 CM3 /S THROUGH A NEEDLE OF RADIUS 0.150 MM
AND LENGTH 2.50 CM. WHAT PRESSURE IS NEEDED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE
NEEDLE TO CAUSE THIS FLOW, ASSUMING THE VISCOSITY OF THE SALINE
SOLUTION TO BE THE SAME AS THAT OF WATER? THE GAUGE PRESSURE OF
THE BLOOD IN THE PATIENT’S VEIN IS 8.00 MM HG. (ASSUME THAT THE
TEMPERATURE IS 20ºC .)
• STRATEGY
• ASSUMING LAMINAR FLOW, POISEUILLE’S LAW APPLIES. THIS IS GIVEN BY
• DISCUSSION
• THIS PRESSURE COULD BE SUPPLIED BY AN IV BOTTLE WITH THE
SURFACE OF THE SALINE SOLUTION 1.61 M ABOVE THE ENTRANCE
TO THE NEEDLE (THIS IS LEFT FOR YOU TO SOLVE IN THIS CHAPTER’S
PROBLEMS AND EXERCISES), ASSUMING THAT THERE IS NEGLIGIBLE
PRESSURE DROP IN THE TUBING LEADING TO THE NEEDLE.
FLOW AND RESISTANCE AS CAUSES OF PRESSURE
DROPS
• WHERE, IN THIS CASE, P2 IS THE PRESSURE AT THE
WATER WORKS AND R IS THE RESISTANCE OF THE
WATER MAIN. DURING TIMES OF HEAVY USE, THE
FLOW RATE Q IS LARGE. THIS MEANS THAT P2 − P1
MUST ALSO BE LARGE. THUS P1 MUST DECREASE. IT
IS CORRECT TO THINK OF FLOW AND RESISTANCE
AS CAUSING THE PRESSURE TO DROP FROM P2 TO
P1 . P2 − P1 = RQ IS VALID FOR BOTH LAMINAR
AND TURBULENT FLOWS.
• SCHEMATIC OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.
PRESSURE DIFFERENCE IS CREATED BY THE
TWO PUMPS IN THE HEART AND IS REDUCED
BY RESISTANCE IN THE VESSELS. BRANCHING
OF VESSELS INTO CAPILLARIES ALLOWS
BLOOD TO REACH INDIVIDUAL CELLS AND
EXCHANGE SUBSTANCES, SUCH AS OXYGEN
AND WASTE PRODUCTS, WITH THEM. THE
SYSTEM HAS AN IMPRESSIVE ABILITY TO
REGULATE FLOW TO INDIVIDUAL ORGANS,
ACCOMPLISHED LARGELY BY VARYING
VESSEL DIAMETERS.

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vvvvvvvvvViscosity-and-Laminar-Flow.pptx

  • 1. VISCOSITY AND LAMINAR FLOW; POISEUILLE’S LAW HASSANAL PEUTO ABUSAMA, MAT FLUID MECHANICS
  • 2. LAMINAR FLOW AND VISCOSITY • THE PRECISE DEFINITION OF VISCOSITY IS BASED ON LAMINAR, OR NONTURBULENT, FLOW. BEFORE WE CAN DEFINE VISCOSITY, THEN, WE NEED TO DEFINE LAMINAR FLOW AND TURBULENT FLOW. FIGURE 12.10 SHOWS BOTH TYPES OF FLOW. LAMINAR FLOW IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE SMOOTH FLOW OF THE FLUID IN LAYERS THAT DO NOT MIX. TURBULENT FLOW, OR TURBULENCE, IS CHARACTERIZED BY EDDIES AND SWIRLS THAT MIX LAYERS OF FLUID TOGETHER.
  • 3. • FIGURE 12.10 SMOKE RISES SMOOTHLY FOR A WHILE AND THEN BEGINS TO FORM SWIRLS AND EDDIES. THE SMOOTH FLOW IS CALLED LAMINAR FLOW, WHEREAS THE SWIRLS AND EDDIES TYPIFY TURBULENT FLOW. IF YOU WATCH THE SMOKE (BEING CAREFUL NOT TO BREATHE ON IT), YOU WILL NOTICE THAT IT RISES MORE RAPIDLY WHEN FLOWING SMOOTHLY THAN AFTER IT BECOMES TURBULENT, IMPLYING THAT TURBULENCE POSES MORE RESISTANCE TO FLOW. (CREDIT: CREATIVITY103)
  • 4. • FIGURE 12.11 (A) LAMINAR FLOW OCCURS IN LAYERS WITHOUT MIXING. NOTICE THAT VISCOSITY CAUSES DRAG BETWEEN LAYERS AS WELL AS WITH THE FIXED SURFACE. (B) AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE VESSEL PRODUCES TURBULENCE. TURBULENT FLOW MIXES THE FLUID. THERE IS MORE INTERACTION, GREATER HEATING, AND MORE RESISTANCE THAN IN LAMINAR FLOW.
  • 5. • FIGURE 12.12 THE GRAPHIC SHOWS LAMINAR FLOW OF FLUID BETWEEN TWO PLATES OF AREA A . THE BOTTOM PLATE IS FIXED. WHEN THE TOP PLATE IS PUSHED TO THE RIGHT, IT DRAGS THE FLUID ALONG WITH IT.
  • 6. THE GREATER THE VISCOSITY, THE GREATER THE FORCE REQUIRED. THESE DEPENDENCIES ARE COMBINED INTO THE EQUATION
  • 7. LAMINAR FLOW CONFINED TO TUBES—POISEUILLE’S LAW • WHAT CAUSES FLOW? THE ANSWER, NOT SURPRISINGLY, IS PRESSURE DIFFERENCE. IN FACT, THERE IS A VERY SIMPLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HORIZONTAL FLOW AND PRESSURE. FLOW RATE Q IS IN THE DIRECTION FROM HIGH TO LOW PRESSURE. THE GREATER THE PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN TWO POINTS, THE GREATER THE FLOW RATE. THIS RELATIONSHIP CAN BE STATED AS • WHERE P1 AND P2 ARE THE PRESSURES AT TWO POINTS, SUCH AS AT EITHER END OF A TUBE, AND R IS THE RESISTANCE TO FLOW. THE RESISTANCE R INCLUDES EVERYTHING, EXCEPT PRESSURE, THAT AFFECTS FLOW RATE. FOR EXAMPLE, R IS GREATER FOR A LONG TUBE THAN FOR A SHORT ONE. THE GREATER THE VISCOSITY OF A FLUID, THE GREATER THE VALUE OF R . TURBULENCE GREATLY INCREASES R , WHEREAS INCREASING THE DIAMETER OF A TUBE DECREASES R .
  • 8. • IF VISCOSITY IS ZERO, THE FLUID IS FRICTIONLESS AND THE RESISTANCE TO FLOW IS ALSO ZERO. COMPARING FRICTIONLESS FLOW IN A TUBE TO VISCOUS FLOW, AS IN FIGURE 12.13, WE SEE THAT FOR A VISCOUS FLUID, SPEED IS GREATEST AT MIDSTREAM BECAUSE OF DRAG AT THE BOUNDARIES. WE CAN SEE THE EFFECT OF VISCOSITY IN A BUNSEN BURNER FLAME, EVEN THOUGH THE VISCOSITY OF NATURAL GAS IS SMALL. • THIS EQUATION IS CALLED POISEUILLE’S LAW FOR RESISTANCE AFTER THE FRENCH SCIENTIST J. L. POISEUILLE (1799–1869), WHO DERIVED IT IN AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND THE FLOW OF BLOOD, AN OFTEN TURBULENT FLUID.
  • 9. • THIS EQUATION DESCRIBES LAMINAR FLOW THROUGH A TUBE. IT IS SOMETIMES CALLED POISEUILLE’S LAW FOR LAMINAR FLOW, OR SIMPLY POISEUILLE’S LAW.
  • 10. EXAMPLE 12.7 USING FLOW RATE: PLAQUE DEPOSITS REDUCE BLOOD FLOW • SUPPOSE THE FLOW RATE OF BLOOD IN A CORONARY ARTERY HAS BEEN REDUCED TO HALF ITS NORMAL VALUE BY PLAQUE DEPOSITS. BY WHAT FACTOR HAS THE RADIUS OF THE ARTERY BEEN REDUCED, ASSUMING NO TURBULENCE OCCURS? • STRATEGY • ASSUMING LAMINAR FLOW, POISEUILLE’S LAW STATES THAT
  • 11. • WE NEED TO COMPARE THE ARTERY RADIUS BEFORE AND AFTER THE FLOW RATE REDUCTION. • SOLUTION • WITH A CONSTANT PRESSURE DIFFERENCE ASSUMED AND THE SAME LENGTH AND VISCOSITY, ALONG THE ARTERY WE HAVE
  • 15. EXAMPLE 12.8 WHAT PRESSURE PRODUCES THIS FLOW RATE? • AN INTRAVENOUS (IV) SYSTEM IS SUPPLYING SALINE SOLUTION TO A PATIENT AT THE RATE OF 0.120 CM3 /S THROUGH A NEEDLE OF RADIUS 0.150 MM AND LENGTH 2.50 CM. WHAT PRESSURE IS NEEDED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE NEEDLE TO CAUSE THIS FLOW, ASSUMING THE VISCOSITY OF THE SALINE SOLUTION TO BE THE SAME AS THAT OF WATER? THE GAUGE PRESSURE OF THE BLOOD IN THE PATIENT’S VEIN IS 8.00 MM HG. (ASSUME THAT THE TEMPERATURE IS 20ºC .)
  • 16. • STRATEGY • ASSUMING LAMINAR FLOW, POISEUILLE’S LAW APPLIES. THIS IS GIVEN BY
  • 17. • DISCUSSION • THIS PRESSURE COULD BE SUPPLIED BY AN IV BOTTLE WITH THE SURFACE OF THE SALINE SOLUTION 1.61 M ABOVE THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEEDLE (THIS IS LEFT FOR YOU TO SOLVE IN THIS CHAPTER’S PROBLEMS AND EXERCISES), ASSUMING THAT THERE IS NEGLIGIBLE PRESSURE DROP IN THE TUBING LEADING TO THE NEEDLE.
  • 18. FLOW AND RESISTANCE AS CAUSES OF PRESSURE DROPS • WHERE, IN THIS CASE, P2 IS THE PRESSURE AT THE WATER WORKS AND R IS THE RESISTANCE OF THE WATER MAIN. DURING TIMES OF HEAVY USE, THE FLOW RATE Q IS LARGE. THIS MEANS THAT P2 − P1 MUST ALSO BE LARGE. THUS P1 MUST DECREASE. IT IS CORRECT TO THINK OF FLOW AND RESISTANCE AS CAUSING THE PRESSURE TO DROP FROM P2 TO P1 . P2 − P1 = RQ IS VALID FOR BOTH LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOWS.
  • 19. • SCHEMATIC OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. PRESSURE DIFFERENCE IS CREATED BY THE TWO PUMPS IN THE HEART AND IS REDUCED BY RESISTANCE IN THE VESSELS. BRANCHING OF VESSELS INTO CAPILLARIES ALLOWS BLOOD TO REACH INDIVIDUAL CELLS AND EXCHANGE SUBSTANCES, SUCH AS OXYGEN AND WASTE PRODUCTS, WITH THEM. THE SYSTEM HAS AN IMPRESSIVE ABILITY TO REGULATE FLOW TO INDIVIDUAL ORGANS, ACCOMPLISHED LARGELY BY VARYING VESSEL DIAMETERS.