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The document is a tutorial for Engineering Fluid Mechanics at Taylor's University, focusing on Fluid Kinematics and the Continuity Equation. It includes conceptual questions about flow types and definitions, as well as calculation problems involving flow rates and velocities in various scenarios. Key parameters such as specific weight of water and standard atmospheric pressure are provided for reference.

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Fluid Kinematics & Continuity Tutorial

The document is a tutorial for Engineering Fluid Mechanics at Taylor's University, focusing on Fluid Kinematics and the Continuity Equation. It includes conceptual questions about flow types and definitions, as well as calculation problems involving flow rates and velocities in various scenarios. Key parameters such as specific weight of water and standard atmospheric pressure are provided for reference.

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Taylor’s University Engineering Fluid Mechanics

School of Engineering

Tutorial 4 – Fluid Kinematics and Continuity Equation


Instructions:-
If otherwise is not mentioned, the specific weight of water is 9810 N/m3 and standard atmospheric pressure is
101325 Pa.

Part 1: Conceptual Questions

1. What is meant by (i) Ideal flow, (ii) Compressible flow, (iii) Steady flow, (iv) Laminar flow, and (v)
One-dimensional flow?

2. Define: (i) Streamline, (ii) streamtube, (iii) streakline, and (iv) pathline.

3. The flow rate is the quantity of fluid flowing per unit time across any section. Write three alternative
ways the flow rate could be expressed.

4. The continuity equation for steady and compressible flow is


  Av  const
m
Define each term of this equation with its dimensions. Show that this equation is dimensionally
homogeneous

Part 2: Calculations

5. Water flows steadily at 40 kg/s through the nozzle as shown in Fig. Q5. if D1=18 cm and D2 = 5 cm.
Compute the average velocities, in m/s at (a) Section 1, (b) Section 2.

Fig. Q5
[1.57 m/s, 20 m/s]

6. Water flows through a closed tank (Fig. Q6), with D1= 6 cm, Q1= 100 m3/hr, D2 = 5 cm and average
velocity v2 = 8 m/s. If D3 = 4 cm, compute Q3 and v3.

Fig. Q6
[43.45 m3/hr, 9.6 m/s]

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7. Consider the “tee-junction” shown in Fig. Q7. A steady flow of water (  =1050 kg/m3) enters
and leaves the main line with velocities as shown. Find the velocity, volumetric flowrate and
mass flowrate in the branch line.

Fig. Q7
[35.6 m/s, 0.071 m3/s, 74.6 kg/s]

8. Three pipes (Fig. Q8) steadily deliver water at 20 oC to a large exit pipe. The velocity v2 = 5 m/s and
the exit flow rate Q4 = 120 m3/hr. Find (a) v1, (b) v3, and (c) v4, if it is known that increasing Q3 by
20% would increase Q4 by 10%.

Fig. Q8 [5.45 m/s, 5.89 m/s, 5.24 m/s]

9. In some wind tunnels the test section is perforated to suck out fluid and provide a thin viscous
boundary layer. The test section wall in Fig. 9 contains 1200 holes of 5-mm diameter each per square
meter of the wall area. The suction velocity through each hole is vs = 8 m/s, and the test-section
entrance velocity is v1 = 35 m/s. Assuming incompressible steady flow of air at 20℃, compute (a) v0,
(b) v2, and (c) vf, in m/s.

Fig. Q9 [3.6 m/s, 31.2 m/s, 4.13 m/s]

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10. Oil (SG=0.9) is pumped as shown in Figure Q10 with a water jet pump. The water volume flowrate
is 2 m3/s. If the water and oil mixture has SG of 0.95, calculate the rate in m3/s at which the pump
moves oil.

Fig. Q10 [2 m3/s]

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