Question: Two large flat plates are inclined at an angle B with respect to the horizontal as shown below. The lower plate is fixed while the

Two large flat plates are inclined at an angle B with
respect to the horizontal as shown below. The lower
plate is fixed while the top plate moves to the left at the
speed U. Two parallel fluid layers fill the space between
the plates. The lower fluid has a density p1 and viscosity
m1 and the upper fluid has a density p2 and viscosity m2.
The flow is incompressible, steady, two-dimensional,
and parallel. It is known that the pressure gradient in
the x direction is zero.
a) write out the appropriate continuity and NS equations, list your approximations and cross out terms using the following code: S-steady, C-Continuity, Hx,y,z - Homogeneity with direction, 2D-two dimensional
b) write the approximate boundary condintions at the bottom wall, the interface and the top wall, use pref =0 for refrence pressure
c) solve the equations for velocity and pressure in the two fluids
d) find the expression for the upper plate velocity at which the velocity at the interface between the two fluids is 0.
Hint: consider the flow of the two liquids as two functions , u1 and u2, in respective domains (0
Two large flat plates are inclined at an angle B

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