Department of Chemical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

CH-305 Tutorial - 1

1. For each of the following velocity distributions, draw a meaningful sketch showing
the flow pattern. Then find all the components of τ and ρv v for the Newtonian
fluid. The parameter b is a constant.

(a) vx = by, vy = 0, vz = 0
(b) vx = by, vy = bx, vz = 0
(c) vx = −by, vy = bx, vz = 0
(d) vx = −0.5 bx, vy = −0.5 by, vz = bz

2. Suppose that the stress in a fluid at a point P is measured by placing a very small
transducer at that point and determining the force per unit area for different orien-
tations of the transducer surface. The following results are obtained, independent
of time:

Orientation of Surface Measured stress Vector

δx 2 δx + δy
δy δx + 3 δy + δz
δz δy + 5 δz

Determine the stress tensor τ .

3. Verify the following relation:

jA J∗A
=
ρwA wB cxA xB

4. In a system with N chemical species, choose component N to be the solvent and

define:

jN
α
= ρα (vα − vN )

to be the mass flux with respect to solvent velocity.Verify that

jN
α
= jα − (ρα /ρN )jN

Further, for a binary system with B as solvent, show that

jB
A
= (ρ/ρB )jA
= −(ρ2 /ρB )DAB ∇wA