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UL m1. CEBU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - UNIVERSITY CEBU CITy Civil Engineering Department Mechanics of Fluid Experiment No. 4 Name Course & Year Group Date TITLE : FALL VELOCITY OF SPHERE OBJECTIVE: To determine the viscosity of a liquid by the falling sphere method. MATERIAL: 1. Any liquid IV. APPARATUS: : v. 1, Spherical ball 2. Stop watch 3. caliper 4, meter stick 5. 6 analytical balance 1000 ml transparent graduated cylinder THEORY: Both engineers and scientific investigators often need to measure various fluid properties such as viscosity. This property is generally measured with a device known as a viscometer. One type of viscometer is the falling sphere type. The liquid is place in a tall transparent cylinder and a sphere of known weight and diameter is dropped into it. If the sphere is small ‘enough Stoke's Law will prevail and the fall velocity of the sphere will be approximately inversely proportional to the absolute viscosity of the liquid. Stoke’s Law states that if DV/v < 0.10, the drag force on the sphere is Fp =3 VD. The free diagram of such a falling sphere is shown, Fp =3 VD 4 o& rps Oh FB 10 Where: rag force Fy = buoyant force W = weight of sphere From statics: W-Fp-Fy.0 And simplifying we get wD ys-y1.) 18V where: V velocity of falling sphere Lit L = distance of fall D = diameter of sphere specific weight of sphere = specific weight of liquid absolute viscosity of liquid VI. PROCEDURE: 1. Determine the specific weight of the liquid of unknown viscosity. 2. Determine the weight of the sphere ball using a sensitive balance. 3. Determine the diameter of the sphere ball using a caliper then solve for its volume using the formula: 2D) volume= 4x9 = 2 3 6 : : W, 4, Determine the specific weight of the sphere yg = 5. Fill the cylinder with the liquid just before the rim. 6. Drop the sphere with initial position just above the liquid surface. 7. Mark the point where the velocity starts to become uniform. Take this point as the starting point of travel distance. 8. Set the time on when the sphere is in level with the point marked in step 7 9. Set the time off just before the sphere reaches the bottom of the cylinder. 10. Measure the distance traveled by the sphere from the starting point to the final point just before the bottom of the cylinder. 11. Repeat procedures 6 to 9 for five trials, 12. Compute for the viscosities. 13, Viscosity of the liquid is the average of the results of the several trials. VIL SKETCH: ( Draw the set up on how the experiment is done) VII COMPUTATIONS: specific weight of liquid 71, = weight of liquid / volun of liquid specific weight of sphere ys = weight of sphere / volume of sphere velocity of fall of sphere = L/t substitute to the viscosity formula: aD ys-W) 18 V IX. TABULATED DATA: Trial L Time t 1 x. RESULTS AND OBSERVATIONS: 13

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