# GATE2016-3-39

Consider a fully developed steady laminar flow of an incompressible fluid with viscosity $μ$ through a circular pipe of radius $R$. Given that the velocity at a radial location of $R/2$ from the centerline of the pipe is $U_1$, the shear stress at the wall is $KμU_1$/$R$, where $K$ is __________

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