PRESENTATION ON KINEMATIC

VISCOSITY , UNITS & DIMENSION

Submitted by
Name:- Prithwish kumar sutradhar.
Branch:- Mechanical Engg.
Roll no:- 27/ME/20/13
Diploma 2nd year 4th sem.
 VISCOSITY
DEFINITION

Viscosity is defined as the property of a fluid which offers resistance to

the movement of one layer of fluid over another adjacent layer of the
fluid. It has been divided into two parts given below.

VISCOSITY

DYNAMIC VISCOSITY KINEMATIC VISCOSITY

 KINEMATIC VISCOSITY

DEFINITION

Kinematic Viscosity is the ratio of dynamic viscosity to the

density of fluid. The method of recording the Kinematic
Viscosity of a fluid is used widely in laboratories and is
defined by ASTM D445. It is denoted by the Greek symbol
(v) called ‘nu’.
• Mathematically Kinematic viscosity has been defined as follows:-

we know that,
Dynamic Viscosity 𝛍
v= =
Density 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑖𝑑 𝞀
The units of Kinematic viscosity is obtained as

𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝛍 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 ⤫ 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒

v = = 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠
𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝞀 (Length)2⤫ 𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 3

𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ
𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 ⤫ ⤫ 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒
𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 2
= 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 { As, Force = Mass ⤫ Ace.
(𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ)
𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ
= 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 ⤫ }
(𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ)2 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 2
=
𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒
Units of KINEMATIC VISCOSITY
 In MKS and SI, the unit of kinematic viscosity is
meter2/sec or m2/sec.
 And in CGS units it is written as cm2/s. In CGS units,
kinematic viscosity is also known stoke.

1 2
Thus, one stoke = cm2/s = ( ) m2/s = 10-4 m2/s
100
1
Centistoke means =( ) stoke.
100
 dimension of KINEMATIC
VISCOSITY

(𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ)2
The unit of kinematic viscosity is = 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒

𝐿2
So the dimension of the kinematic viscosity is =
𝑇
= L2 T-1
It can also be written as, [M0L2 T-1]