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You have 20 minutes to complete this quiz. You are to find the velocity profile, v(x), for Poiseuille (pressure-driven) flow in a vertical channel with half-width L, as shown below. Read the following assumptions carefully. Assume no-slip boundary conditions that v(x = L) = 0 Assume steady, laminar, fully developed flow, constant density, , and constant viscosity, Assume 2D flow, meaning no velocity, w, or gradient, Assume in the z direction
Assume gy = constant Note that u, v, and w are the velocity components in the x, y, and z directions, respectively. The y-direction of momentum is shown instead of the x-direction, with v replacing u. You only need the y-direction momentum in this problem. (a) Cancel all appropriate terms and simplify the governing equations below, indicating why each term is being cancelled, as per the examples below. (continuity or conservation of mass)
w=0
No z gradient
(y-momentum)
2L y x z
v v(x) x=L p. 1 of 2
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(b) Integrate the y-momentum equation to get v(x) with 2 integration constants.
(c) Apply the boundary conditions that v(x = L) = 0 and solve for the integration constants to find the velocity profile v(x).
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