GATE ME 2022 Set 1 — Question 24
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A tiny temperature probe is fully immersed in a flowing fluid and is moving with zero relative velocity with respect to the fluid. The velocity field in the fluid is , and the temperature field in the fluid is , where and are the spatial coordinates, and is the time. The time rate of change of temperature recorded by the probe at is _______.
Correct answer
(C) 18
Solution
Since the probe moves with the fluid (zero relative velocity), it records the material derivative (also known as the substantial or total derivative) of the temperature field.The material derivative of temperature is given by:Given the temperature field :
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