EXAMPLE: Drag flow

between infinite parallel plates

steady state incompressible fluid infinitely wide, long

W x2 v1(x2) x3 x1 H

EXAMPLE: Poiseuille

flow between infinite parallel plates

steady state incompressible fluid infinitely wide, long

x2 2H v1(x2) x1=L p=PL

x3 x1=0 p=Po

x1

EXAMPLE: Poiseuille

flow in a tube
r

Steady state incompressible fluid long tube

z A

cross-section A: r z

L vz(r) fluid R

EXAMPLE: Torsional

flow between parallel plates

Steady state incompressible fluid vT zf (r )

cross-sectional view:

: H R

z r