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9-1.Fluid Mechanics
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Two uniform solid balls of same density and of radii $r$ and $2r$ are dropped in air and fall vertically downwards. The terminal velocity of the ball with radius $r$ is $1\,cm\,s^{-1}$ , then find the terminal velocity of the ball of radius $2r$ (neglect bouyant force on the balls.) ........... $cm\,s^{-1}$
A
$0.5$
B
$4$
C
$1$
D
$2$
Solution
At equilibrium
$\mathrm{mg}=6 \pi \eta \mathrm{rv} \quad$ or $\quad \rho \frac{4 \pi}{3} \mathrm{r}^{3} \mathrm{g}=4 \pi \eta \mathrm{rV}$
$\therefore \quad \frac{v_{\mathrm{r}}}{\mathrm{v}_{2 \mathrm{r}}}=\frac{(\mathrm{r})^{2}}{(2 \mathrm{r})^{2}} \quad$ or $\quad \mathrm{v}_{2 \mathrm{x}}=\left(\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{r}}\right) \times 4=4 \mathrm{cm} / \mathrm{s}$
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