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Fluid Mechanics Tutorial Problems

This document contains 6 problems related to fluid mechanics: 1. It asks to calculate the maximum velocity of fluid flow between parallel plates given the inlet velocity and properties of the fluid. 2. It asks to determine the total force on flanges of a pipe given the flow rate, pressures, and pipe dimensions. 3. It asks to determine if a coupling between a fire hose nozzle and hose is in tension or compression given the pressures, diameters, and exit velocity. 4. It asks to calculate velocities and forces on a spray pipe given the flow rate, pipe diameter, jet dimensions, and inlet pressure. 5. It asks to evaluate the torque required to hold a lawn

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Fluid Mechanics Tutorial Problems

This document contains 6 problems related to fluid mechanics: 1. It asks to calculate the maximum velocity of fluid flow between parallel plates given the inlet velocity and properties of the fluid. 2. It asks to determine the total force on flanges of a pipe given the flow rate, pressures, and pipe dimensions. 3. It asks to determine if a coupling between a fire hose nozzle and hose is in tension or compression given the pressures, diameters, and exit velocity. 4. It asks to calculate velocities and forces on a spray pipe given the flow rate, pipe diameter, jet dimensions, and inlet pressure. 5. It asks to evaluate the torque required to hold a lawn

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Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

MI 205: Fluid Mechanics Tutorial 5

1. Incompressible steady flow in the inlet between parallel


plates in Fig. is uniform, u = U 0 = 8 cm/s, while downstream
the flow develops into the parabolic laminar profile u = az
(z0 - z), where a is a constant. If z0 = 4 cm and the fluid is
SAE 30 oil at 20 °C, what is the value of umax in cm/s? Prob. 1

2. Water at 20°C flows through a 5-cm-diameter pipe which has a


180° vertical bend, as in Fig. The total length of pipe between
flanges 1 and 2 is 75 cm. When the weight flow rate is 230 N/s, p1
= 165 kPa and p2 = 134 kPa. Neglecting pipe weight, determine the
total force which the flanges must withstand for this flow.
Prob. 2
3. Water flows steadily through a fire hose and nozzle. The hose is 75 mm inside
diameter, and the nozzle tip is 25 mm ID; water gage pressure in the hose is 510 kPa,
and the stream leaving the nozzle is uniform. The exit speed and pressure are 32 m/s
and atmospheric, respectively. Find the force transmitted by the coupling between the
nozzle and hose. Indicate whether the coupling is in tension or compression.

4. Water is discharged at a flow rate of 0.3


m3/s from a narrow slot in a 200 mm
diameter pipe. The resulting horizontal
two dimensional jet is 1 m long and 20
mm thick, but of non uniform velocity;
the velocity at location 2 is twice that at
location 1. The pressure at the inlet Prob. 4
section is 50 kPa (gauge). Calculate (a) the velocity in the pipe and at locations 1 and
2 and (b) the forces required at the coupling to hold the spray pipe in place. Neglect
the mass of the pipe and the water it contains.

5. A small lawn sprinkler is shown Fig. 4. The sprinkler operates


at an inlet gage pressure of 140 kPa. The total flow rate of
water through the sprinkler is 4.0 L/min. Each jet discharges at
17 m/s (relative to the sprinkler arm) in a direction inclined 300
above the horizontal. The sprinkler rotates about a vertical axis.
Friction in the bearing causes a torque of 0.18 N. m opposing Prob. 5

rotation. Evaluate the torque required to hold the sprinkler


stationary.

6. A 10 mm diameter jet of water is deflected by a


homogeneous rectangular block (15 mm x 200 mm x 100
mm) that weighs 6 N as shown Fig. Determine the minimum Prob. 6
volume flow rate needed to tip the block.

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