{"id":3031,"date":"2024-08-21T18:34:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T13:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/?p=3031"},"modified":"2025-07-16T16:50:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T11:20:02","slug":"shear-stress-turbulent-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/ce\/fluid-mechanics\/shear-stress-turbulent-flow","title":{"rendered":"Shear Stress in Turbulent Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shear stress at the boundary in case of turbulent flow, is much more than that in laminar flow. This is because at boundary velocity gradient is higher in case of turbulent flow than that in laminar flow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The velocity fluctuation causes continuous interchange of fluid masses between layers which leads to transfer of momentum. This momentum transport causes additional shear\u00a0 stresses of high magnitude.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Total shear stress in turbulent flow consists of laminar and turbulent shear. Thus, \u03c4<sub>Total<\/sub> = \u03c4<sub>Laminar<\/sub> + \u03c4<sub>Turbulent <\/sub>Following are the various theories for determination of shear stress in a turbulent flow.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3032 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/shear-stress-5.jpg\" alt=\" Shear Stress\" width=\"361\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/shear-stress-5.jpg 361w, https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/shear-stress-5-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">HYDRODYNAMICALLY SMOOTH AND ROUGH BOUNDARIES<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In case of turbulent flow in pipes, very close to the wall, effect of viscosity is maximum. Hence, it is said that a laminar sublayer exists near the boundary.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The thickness of laminar sublayer is directly proportional to the kinematic viscosity and inversely proportional to flow velocity. Thus, thickness of laminar sublayer decreases with increase in Reynolds number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3035 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rough-boundary.jpg\" alt=\"Rough Boundary\" width=\"519\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rough-boundary.jpg 519w, https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rough-boundary-300x76.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>lf thickness of laminar sublayer is large, and eddies are not able to penetrate upto the boundary, then boundary acts as hydrodynamically smooth. Boundary where as if thickness of laminar sublayer is small and eddies penetrate upto the boundary it is said to be hydrodynamically rough.<\/li>\n<li>A pipe boundary will behave as hydrodynamically smooth or rough depending upon the relative magnitude of average height of the surface protrusions (K<sub>s<\/sub>) and the thickness of the laminar sublayer (\u03b4\u2032). Hence, (K<sub>s<\/sub>\/\u03b4\u2032) must be parameter which will determine whether a pipe boundary is hydrodynamically smooth or rough.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3036 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hydrodynamically.jpg\" alt=\"Hydrodynamically\" width=\"448\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hydrodynamically.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hydrodynamically-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Loss of Energy due to Sudden Enlargement<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the cross section of a pipe is abruptly enlarged at a certain place, the fluid emerging from the small pipe is unable to follow the abrupt deviation of the boundary. The streamline takes a diverging pattern. This creates pockets of turbulent eddies in the corners resulting in the dissipation of mechanical energy into intermolecular energy.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Consider fluid of unit weight \u03b3 is flowing in a pipe whose area is enlarged at a section.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The upstream pressure p<sub>1<\/sub> is lower than the downstream pressure p<sub>2<\/sub>, since the upstream velocity V<sub>1<\/sub> is higher than the downstream velocity V<sub>2<\/sub> as a consequence of continuity equation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fluid particles near the wall due to their low kinetic energy cannot overcome the adverse pressure hill in the direction of flow and hence follow up the reverse path under the favourable pressure gradient (from p<sub>2<\/sub> to p<sub>1<\/sub>).<br \/>\nThis creates a zone of recirculating flow with turbulent eddies near the wall of the larger tube at the abrupt change of cross-section resulting in a loss of total energy p\u2032 is the pressure in density of the liquid eddies on the area (A<sub>2<\/sub> \u2013 A<sub>1<\/sub>).<br \/>\nFrom Newton\u2019s second law of motion<br \/>\np<sub>1<\/sub>A<sub>1<\/sub> + p\u2032(A<sub>2<\/sub> \u2013 A<sub>1<\/sub>) \u2013 p<sub>2<\/sub>A<sub>2<\/sub> = \u03c1Q(V<sub>2<\/sub> \u2013V<sub>1<\/sub>)<br \/>\nPressure in the separation region is generally taken as p<sub>1<\/sub>, i.e. p\u2032 = p<sub>1<\/sub>, then<br \/>\np<sub>1<\/sub>A<sub>1<\/sub> + p\u2032(A<sub>2<\/sub> \u2013 A<sub>1<\/sub>) \u2013 p<sub>2<\/sub>A<sub>2<\/sub> = \u03c1Q(V<sub>2<\/sub> \u2013V<sub>1<\/sub>)<br \/>\n(p<sub>1<\/sub> \u2013 p<sub>2<\/sub>)A<sub>2<\/sub> = \u03c1Q(V<sub>2<\/sub> \u2013V<sub>1<\/sub>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, from Bernoulli\u2019s equation,<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3037 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bernoulli-equation-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bernoulli\u2019s Equation\" width=\"583\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bernoulli-equation-1.jpg 583w, https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bernoulli-equation-1-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-danger\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/ce\/fluid-mechanics\/siphon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a> | <a class=\"btn btn-success\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/ce\/fluid-mechanics\/pressure-diagram-prism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Next &gt;&gt;<\/a><br \/>\n<strong> Must Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/ce\/what-is-fluid-mechanics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>What is Fluid Mechanics?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shear stress at the boundary in case of turbulent flow, is much more than that in laminar flow. 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