Fluid Mechanics~ Wall shear stress

[Saladsamurai]

Homework Statement

My main problem here is that I do not understand what they are asking. What is the wall shear stress? Do they mean the stress at the "floor" (or whatever you want to call it)?

If so, I am assuming I use Newton's Law of Viscosity \tau=\mu\frac{du}{dy} since this is 1-dimensional flow.

Would the wall shear stress \tau_w be given by

\tau_w=\int_{y=0}^\delta \tau(y)\, dy

and then the problem reduces to finding an expression for \tau(y)

Or am I way off here? thanks

 

[Saladsamurai]

I just found http://www.cfd-online.com/Wiki/Wall_shear_stress" . So I guess my interpretation was wrong.

So, according to this definition, I should have:

\tau_w=\mu*\frac{d}{dy}[U\sin(\frac{\pi y}{2\delta})]|_{y=0}Is that all?

 

[Saladsamurai]

I just found http://www.cfd-online.com/Wiki/Wall_shear_stress" . So I guess my interpretation was wrong.

So, according to this definition, I should have:

\tau_w=\mu*\frac{d}{dy}[U\sin(\frac{\pi y}{2\delta})]|_{y=0}Is that all?

Not that anyone will respond to this (since no one ever looks in this forum), but I am assuming that if the above is correct, than part (b) is as simple as solving

\frac{1}{2}\tau_w=\mu*\frac{d}{dy}[U\sin(\frac{\pi y}{2\delta})]

for y.

Sound good? Good

So I have:

\frac{\tau_w}{2}=\mu U\cos(\frac{\pi y}{2\delta})*\frac{\pi}{2\delta}

\Rightarrow \frac{\tau_w\delta}{\mu U\pi}=\cos(\frac{\pi y}{2\delta})

 

[Saladsamurai]

71 views, no responses. Yesssss I am just going to keep chatting it up with myself.

Maybe I can set a new record?

Has there ever been a thread locked where there was only one speaker?

Oops! Don't answer that

I need help. (The kind PF cannot offer)

 

[brothaval]

I'm going to reply to this thread, just to break your monologue. =)

 

[kikukung]

I agree with Saladsamurai.

τ_w = μ×\frac{d}{dy}[Usin(\frac{\pi y}{2δ})]|y=0

so that, τ_w = 180\piμ

and τ = μ×\frac{d}{dy}[Usin(\frac{\pi y}{2δ})] when τ = τ_w/2

thus, 90\piμ = μ×\frac{d}{dy}[Usin(\frac{\pi y}{2δ})]

\frac{1}{2} = cos(\frac{\pi y}{2δ})

\frac{\pi}{3} = \frac{\pi y}{2δ}

y = 0.02 m

 

[Chestermiller]

I just found This. So I guess my interpretation was wrong.

So, according to this definition, I should have:

\tau_w=\mu*[U\sin(\frac{\pi y}{2\delta})]|_{y=0}


Is that all?

Yes. If you actually apply the above formula, you get

τ_w=(μUπ)/(2δ)

Is that what you got?