According to the Newton's law of viscosity, the shear stress of a fluid element layer is directly proportional to the _______.

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  1. rate of shear strain
  2. bulk modulus
  3. pressure
  4. elastic modulus

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Option 1 : rate of shear strain
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Explanation:

Newton's law of viscosity:

  • Viscosity is a property of fluid by virtue of which they offer resistance to shear or angular deformation.
  • It is primarily due to cohesion and molecular momentum exchange between fluid layers, and as flow occurs, these effects appears as shearing stresses between the moving layers.
  • According to Newton's law of viscosity, shear stress is directly proportional to the rate of angular deformation (shear strain) or velocity gradient across the flow.

\(τ\propto\frac{du}{dy}\)

\(τ=μ\frac{du}{dy}\)

where, τ = shear stress, μ = absolute or dynamic viscosity, du/dy = velocity gradient ⇒ dα/dt = rate of angular deformation (shear strain).

Additional Information

Fluids for which the shear stress is not linearly related to the shear strain rate are called non-Newtonian fluids examples include slurries and colloidal suspensions, polymer solutions, blood, paste, and cake batter

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