Question: explain thoroughly please OuestionA 1 [ 3 0 marks ] The flow of a layer of viscous fluid is induced between a fixed lower plate

explain thoroughly please
OuestionA1[30 marks]
The flow of a layer of viscous fluid is induced between a fixed lower plate and an upper plate moving at constant velocity Vas shown in Figure QA1(a). The clearance between plates is \( h \). The fluid is Newtonian and the fluid flow is in the steady state. Assume the fluid does not slip at either plate. If the plates are infinitely large, the \( z \) and \( y \) component of fluid velocity can be assumed to be zero. The fluid can only flow in the \( x \) direction, and the fluid velocity \( u \) is only a function of \( y \). The fluid flow is fully developed and the dynamic viscosity of the fluid is \(\mu \). Assume the fluid flow is laminar. \( y=0\) is at the inner surface of the lower plate.
(a) Derive the mathematical expressions for the velocity profile of fluid, i.e.\( u \) as a function of \( y \), by using \( V, h \) and \(\mu \) as input parameters.
(b) Schematically sketch the expected fluid velocity profile \( u(y)\) between the plates. [4]
Extend the problem to a case of two layers of different immiscible viscous Newtonian fluids flowing between a fixed lower plate and an upper plate moving steadily at velocity V as shown in Figure QA1(b). The dynamic viscosity of the two different fluids is \(\mu_{1}\) and \(\mu_{2}\) respectively. The layer thickness of the two different fluids \( h_{1}\) and \( h_{2}\) are unequal. The fluid velocity and the fluid shear stress at the interface between the two different fluids are continuous, i.e.\( u_{1}=u_{2}\) and \(\tau_{1}=\tau_{2}\) at the inter-fluid interface.
(c) Derive the mathematical expressions for the velocity profile of fluid (1) and the velocity profile of fluid \(\quad \) as a function of \( y \), by using \( V, h_{1}\) and \( h_{2}\), and \(\mu_{1}\) and \(\mu_{2}\) as input parameters.
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