Problem 2.

70 [Difficulty: 3]

Given: Viscometer data

Find: Value of k and n in Eq. 2.17
Solution:
The data is τ (Pa) du/dy (s-1) Shear Stress vs Shear Strain
0.0457 5
10
0.119 10 Data
0.241 25
0.375 50 Power Trendline
0.634 100
τ (Pa)

1
1.06 200
1 10 100 1000
1.46 300
1.78 400

0.1 τ = 0.0162(du/dy)0.7934
R2 = 0.9902

0.01

du/dy (1/s)

Hence we have k = 0.0162

n = 0.7934 Blood is pseudoplastic (shear thinning)

The apparent viscosity from η = k (du/dy )n -1

du/dy (s-1) η (N·s/m2) µ water = 0.001 N·s/m at 20 C

2 o

5 0.0116
10 0.0101 Hence, blood is "thicker" than water!
25 0.0083
50 0.0072
100 0.0063
200 0.0054
300 0.0050
400 0.0047