Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat-395007
Department of Civil Engineering
Hydraulic Engineering (CE-201)
Tutorial-01
Note: RN indicate Roll number (e.g. U20CE012, RN=12)
Q. 1 Three litres of petrol weigh (23.7 + 0.001*RN) N. Calculate the mass density, specific
weight, specific volume and specific gravity of petrol.
Q. 2 The fluid of dynamic viscosity is 0.08 Ns/m2 between the two plate, speed of a plate
with respect to a stationary plate is 3 m/s, distance between plate is 0.02 mm, find the
force required to move the plate on an area exposed of (1000 + 0.1*RN) mm2.
Q. 3 A rectangular plate of 0.5 m x 0.5 m dimensions weighing 500 N slides down an inclined
plane making 30° angle with the horizontal, at velocity of 1.75 m/s. If the 2 mm gap
between the plane and the inclined surface is filled with a lubricating oil, find its
viscosity of oil and express it in poise as well as Ns/m2.
Q. 4 The velocity distribution for flow over a plate is given by u = 2y-y2 in which u is the
velocity in m/s at a distance y meter from the plate. Determine the shear stress in N/m2
at the boundary and at 0.2 m from it. Dynamic viscosity of fluid is 0.9 Ns/m2.
Q. 5 Through a very narrow gap of height ‘h’ a thin plate of large extent is pulled at a velocity
V. On one side of the plate oil of viscosity μ1 and on the other side of viscosity μ2.
Calculate the position of plate so that:
i. The shear force on two sides of plate is equal
ii. The pull required to drag the plate is minimum
(Assume linear velocity profile)
Q. 6 At a certain point in castor oil the shear stress is 0.216 N/m2 and velocity gradient 0.216
s-1. If the mass density of castor oil is 959.42 kg/m2, find kinematic viscosity of caster
oil.
Q. 7 The pressure P of a fluid varies with density 𝜌 according to the relation: P = a𝜌2 + b
where a = 3 × 106 ; b = 1 × 105. Calculate the bulk modulus K at density 𝜌 = (500 +
0.1*RN) kg/m3.
Q. 8 Estimate the excess pressure over the ambient in the following cases:
(i) Inside a rain drop of diameter 2.5 mm.
(ii) Inside a cylindrical jet of water 3.5 mm in diameter
Take the coefficient of surface tension of water 𝜎 = 0.073 N/m.
Q. 9 In an experiment, the tip of a glass tube with an internal diameter of 2 mm is immersed
to a depth of 1.5 cm in to a liquid of specific gravity 0.85. Air is forced in to the tube to
form a spherical bubble just at the lower end of the tube. Estimate the surface tension of
the liquid if the air pressure in the bubble is 200 N/m2.
Q. 10 Determine the pressure increase required to reduce the volume of water by (1.5 +
0.01*RN) %, if its bulk modulus elasticity is 2.2 × 109 Pa.
Q. 11 Calculate the capillary effect in mm in a glass tube 3 mm in diameter when immersed in
(a) water (b) mercury. Both the liquids are at 20° C and the values for surface tensions
for water and mercury at 20° C in contact with air are respectively 0.0736 N/m and 0.51
N/m. contact angle for water = 0° and for mercury = 130°.