Paper 2, Section I, C

Fluid Dynamics | Part IB, 2020

Incompressible fluid of constant viscosity μ\mu is confined to the region 0<y<h0<y<h between two parallel rigid plates. Consider two parallel viscous flows: flow A is driven by the motion of one plate in the xx-direction with the other plate at rest; flow B is driven by a constant pressure gradient in the xx-direction with both plates at rest. The velocity mid-way between the plates is the same for both flows.

The viscous friction in these flows is known to produce heat locally at a rate

Q=μ(uy)2Q=\mu\left(\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}\right)^{2}

per unit volume, where uu is the xx-component of the velocity. Determine the ratio of the total rate of heat production in flow A to that in flow B.

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