Consider a capillary tube of diameter d partially filled with liquid. The tube is positioned vertically with
gravity g acting downward. The liquid has density \(\rho\). The surface tension of the liquid-gas interface is Y.
The contact angle between the liquid and the tube surface is \(\theta\). The height that the liquid will rise in the
tube, h, is a function of all the previous variables:
\(h = f(d, g, \rho, Y, \theta)\)
a. How many fundamental dimensions exist in this system (i.e., what is the class of the
system)?
b. How many \(\pi\) groups can be formed?
c. Find those \(\pi\) groups.
d. Express the relation \(h = f(d, g, \rho, Y, \theta)\) in dimensionless form using the \(\pi\) groups found in c.
e. If we perform two experiments, denoted with subscripts A and B, such that: \(h_A = 5\) cm,
\(d_B = d_A/2, \rho_B = 2\rho_A, Y_B = Y_A/2, \theta_B = \theta_A\), what will be \(h_B\)?