Fluid Mechanics Pressure Drop Calculations
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Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences
Mechatronics Engineering
Fluid Mechanics.
Workshop 2.
1. Water is at 10°C (ρ = 999.7 kg/m3 and µ = 1.307 x 10-3 kg/m·s) that flows steadily.
in a pipe with a diameter of 0.20 cm and 15 m in length at an average speed of 1.2 m/s.
Determine:
the drop in pressure
b) the pressure drop
c) the need for pumping power to overcome this pressure drop.
2. Hot air at 1 atm and 35°C must be transported in a circular duct 150 m long to a
reason of 0.35 m3If the pressure drop in the pipe must not exceed 20 m, determine the
minimum diameter of the duct.
3. Reconsider the previous exercise. Now the length of the duct is doubled while its
the diameter remains constant. If the total head loss must remain constant,
determine the drop in flow rate through the duct.
4. Water is at 15°C (ρ = 999.1 kg/m3 and µ = 1.138 × 10^-3 kg/m·s) flowing at a rate of 8
L/s in a stationary manner in a horizontal pipe 30 m long and 4 cm in diameter
made of stainless steel. Determine:
the drop in pressure
b) the loss of charge
c) the pumping power needed to overcome this pressure drop.
5. Oil with ρ = 894 kg/m3 and µ = 2.33 kg/m·s in a pipeline with a diameter of 40 cm at a
average speed of 0.5 m/s. A section of 300 m long of the pipeline passes through the
frozen waters of a lake. Without considering the input effects, determine the power of
pumping required to overcome pressure losses and to maintain the flow of oil in the
pipe.
6. In an air heating system, the hot air at 40°C and 105 kPa of absolute pressure
distributes through a rectangular duct of 0.2 m x 0.3 m made of commercial steel, to a
reason of 0.5 m3Determine the pressure drop and the head loss through a section of
40 m long of the duct.
7. A horizontal pipe has a sudden expansion from D.1= 8 cm to D2= 16 cm. The
the water speed in the smallest section is 10 m/s and the flow is turbulent. The pressure in
the smallest section isP1= 300 kPa. Determine the downstream pressure.2, and estimate the error
What would have happened if Bernoulli's equation had been used.
8. Water must be extracted from a water tank 5 m high when a hole is drilled.
rounded with a diameter of 3 cm with negligible loss on the bottom surface and is joined to a
90° horizontal elbow with negligible length. Determine the flow rate of water through the
elbow if: a) the elbow is a soft bridled elbow and b) the elbow is a notched elbow without blades
directors.