CIVE1400: Fluid Mechanics All Sections: Examples

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CIVE1400 Fluid Mechanics Examples.
This handout contains typical examples of basic engineering fluid mechanics. It covers all sections
of the module. The examples are similar to what you will find in the final examination. You should
attempt as many of these as possible so that you get accustomed to using the formula we have
discussed in the lectures. The examples marked DIFFIULT should be left to the end.
Solutions are available on the web page for this module:
www.efm.leeds.ac.uk/CIVE/FluidsLevel1
Fluid Properties Examples
1. Explain why the viscosity of a liquid decreases while that of a gas increases with a temperature rise.
The following is a table of measurement for a fluid at constant temperature.
Determine the dynamic viscosity of the fluid.
du/dy (s
-1
) 1. 0.0 1. 0.2 1. 0.4 1. 0.6 1. 0.8
t (N m
-2
) 2. 0.0 2. 1.0 2. 1.9 2. 3.1 2. 4.0
2. The density of an oil is 850 kg/m
3
. Find its relative density and Kinematic viscosity if the dynamic
viscosity is 5 10
-3
kg/ms.
3. The velocity distribution of a viscous liquid (dynamic viscosity = 0.9 Ns/m
2
) flowing over a fixed
plate is given by u = 0.68y - y
2
(u is velocity in m/s and y is the distance from the plate in m).
What are the shear stresses at the plate surface and at y=0.34m?
4. 5.6m
3
of oil weighs 46 800 N. Find its mass density, , and relative density, .
5. From table of fluid properties the viscosity of water is given as 0.01008 poises.
What is this value in Ns/m
2
and Pa s units?
6. In a fluid the velocity measured at a distance of 75mm from the boundary is 1.125m/s. The fluid has
absolute viscosity 0.048 Pa s and relative density 0.913. What is the velocity gradient and shear stress
at the boundary assuming a linear velocity distribution.
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Pressure and Manometers
1.1
What will be the (a) the gauge pressure and (b) the absolute pressure of water at depth 12m below the
surface?
water
= 1000 kg/m
3
, and p
atmosphere
= 101kN/m
2
.
[117.72 kN/m
2
, 218.72 kN/m
2
]
1.2
At what depth below the surface of oil, relative density 0.8, will produce a pressure of 120 kN/m
2
? What
depth of water is this equivalent to?
[15.3m, 12.2m]
1.3
What would the pressure in kN/m
2
be if the equivalent head is measured as 400mm of (a) mercury =13.6
(b) water ( c) oil specific weight 7.9 kN/m
3
(d) a liquid of density 520 kg/m
3
?
[53.4 kN/m
2
, 3.92 kN/m
2
, 3.16 kN/m
2
, 2.04 kN/m
2
]
1.4
A manometer connected to a pipe indicates a negative gauge pressure of 50mm of mercury. What is the
absolute pressure in the pipe in Newtons per square metre if the atmospheric pressure is 1 bar?
[93.3 kN/m
2
]
1.5
What height would a water barometer need to be to measure atmospheric pressure of 1 bar?
[>10.19m]
1.6
An inclined manometer is required to measure an air pressure of 3mm of water to an accuracy of +/- 3%.
The inclined arm is 8mm in diameter and the larger arm has a diameter of 24mm. The manometric fluid
has density 740 kg/m
3
and the scale may be read to +/- 0.5mm.
What is the angle required to ensure the desired accuracy may be achieved?
[7.6]
1.7
Determine the resultant force due to the water acting on the 1m by 2m rectangular area AB shown in the
diagram below.
[43 560 N, 2.37m from O
1.8
Determine the resultant force due to the water acting on the 1.25m by 2.0m triangular area CD shown in
the figure above. The apex of the triangle is at C.
[23.810
3
N, 2.821m from P]
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Forces on submerged surfaces
2.1
Obtain an expression for the depth of the centre of pressure of a plane surface wholly submerged in a
fluid and inclined at an angle to the free surface of the liquid.
A horizontal circular pipe, 1.25m diameter, is closed by a butterfly disk which rotates about a horizontal
axis through its centre. Determine the torque which would have to be applied to the disk spindle to keep
the disk closed in a vertical position when there is a 3m head of fresh water above the axis.
[1176 Nm]
2.2 (DIFFUCULT)
A dock gate is to be reinforced with three horizontal beams. If the water acts on one side only, to a depth
of 6m, find the positions of the beams measured from the water surface so that each will carry an equal
load. Give the load per meter.
[58 860 N/m, 2.31m, 4.22m, 5.47m]
2.3
The profile of a masonry dam is an arc of a circle, the arc having a radius of 30m and subtending an angle
of 60 at the centre of curvature which lies in the water surface. Determine (a) the load on the dam in N/m
length, (b) the position of the line of action to this pressure.
[4.28 10
6
N/m length at depth 19.0m]
2.4 (DIFFUCULT)
The arch of a bridge over a stream is in the form of a semi-circle of radius 2m. the bridge width is 4m.
Due to a flood the water level is now 1.25m above the crest of the arch. Calculate (a) the upward force on
the underside of the arch, (b) the horizontal thrust on one half of the arch.
[263.6 kN, 176.6 kN]
2.5
The face of a dam is vertical to a depth of 7.5m below the water surface then slopes at 30 to the vertical.
If the depth of water is 17m what is the resultant force per metre acting on the whole face?
[1563.29 kN]
2.6
A tank with vertical sides is square in plan with 3m long sides. The tank contains oil of relative density
0.9 to a depth of 2.0m which is floating on water a depth of 1.5m. Calculate the force on the walls and the
height of the centre of pressure from the bottom of the tank.
[165.54 kN, 1.15m]
Application of the Bernoulli Equation
3.1
In a vertical pipe carrying water, pressure gauges are inserted at points A and B where the pipe diameters
are 0.15m and 0.075m respectively. The point B is 2.5m below A and when the flow rate down the pipe is
0.02 cumecs, the pressure at B is 14715 N/m
2
greater than that at A.
Assuming the losses in the pipe between A and B can be expressed as k
v
g
2
2
where v is the velocity at A,
find the value of k.
If the gauges at A and B are replaced by tubes filled with water and connected to a U-tube containing
mercury of relative density 13.6, give a sketch showing how the levels in the two limbs of the U-tube
differ and calculate the value of this difference in metres.
[k = 0.319, 0.0794m]
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3.2
A Venturimeter with an entrance diameter of 0.3m and a throat diameter of 0.2m is used to measure the
volume of gas flowing through a pipe. The discharge coefficient of the meter is 0.96.
Assuming the specific weight of the gas to be constant at 19.62 N/m
3
, calculate the volume flowing when
the pressure difference between the entrance and the throat is measured as 0.06m on a water U-tube
manometer.
[0.816 m
3
/s]
3.3
A Venturimeter is used for measuring flow of water along a pipe. The diameter of the Venturi throat is
two fifths the diameter of the pipe. The inlet and throat are connected by water filled tubes to a mercury
U-tube manometer. The velocity of flow along the pipe is found to be 2 5 . H m/s, where H is the
manometer reading in metres of mercury. Determine the loss of head between inlet and throat of the
Venturi when H is 0.49m. (Relative density of mercury is 13.6).
[0.23m of water]
3.4 (DIFFUCULT)
Water is discharging from a tank through a convergent-divergent mouthpiece. The exit from the tank is
rounded so that losses there may be neglected and the minimum diameter is 0.05m.
If the head in the tank above the centre-line of the mouthpiece is 1.83m. a) What is the discharge?
b) What must be the diameter at the exit if the absolute pressure at the minimum area is to be 2.44m of
water? c) What would the discharge be if the divergent part of the mouth piece were removed. (Assume
atmospheric pressure is 10m of water).
[0.0752m, 0.0266m
3
/s, 0.0118m
3
/s]
3.5 (DIFFUCULT)
A closed tank has an orifice 0.025m diameter in one of its vertical sides. The tank contains oil to a depth
of 0.61m above the centre of the orifice and the pressure in the air space above the oil is maintained at
13780 N/m
2
above atmospheric. Determine the discharge from the orifice.
(Coefficient of discharge of the orifice is 0.61, relative density of oil is 0.9).
[0.00195 m
3
/s]
3.6 (DIFFUCULT)
The discharge coefficient of a Venturimeter was found to be constant for rates of flow exceeding a certain
value. Show that for this condition the loss of head due to friction in the convergent parts of the meter can
be expressed as KQ
2
m where K is a constant and Q is the rate of flow in cumecs.
Obtain the value of K if the inlet and throat diameter of the Venturimeter are 0.102m and 0.05m
respectively and the discharge coefficient is 0.96.
[K=1060]
3.7
A Venturimeter is to fitted in a horizontal pipe of 0.15m diameter to measure a flow of water which may
be anything up to 240m
3
/hour. The pressure head at the inlet for this flow is 18m above atmospheric and
the pressure head at the throat must not be lower than 7m below atmospheric. Between the inlet and the
throat there is an estimated frictional loss of 10% of the difference in pressure head between these points.
Calculate the minimum allowable diameter for the throat.
[0.063m]
3.8
A Venturimeter of throat diameter 0.076m is fitted in a 0.152m diameter vertical pipe in which liquid of
relative density 0.8 flows downwards. Pressure gauges are fitted to the inlet and to the throat sections.
The throat being 0.914m below the inlet. Taking the coefficient of the meter as 0.97 find the discharge
a) when the pressure gauges read the same b)when the inlet gauge reads 15170 N/m
2
higher than the
throat gauge.
[0.0192m
3
/s, 0.034m
3
/s]
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Tanks emptying
4.1 (DIFFUCULT)
A reservoir is circular in plan and the sides slope at an angle of tan
-1
(1/5) to the horizontal. When the
reservoir is full the diameter of the water surface is 50m. Discharge from the reservoir takes place
through a pipe of diameter 0.65m, the outlet being 4m below top water level. Determine the time for the
water level to fall 2m assuming the discharge to be 0 75 2 . a gH cumecs where a is the cross sectional
area of the pipe in m
2
and H is the head of water above the outlet in m.
[1325 seconds]
4.2 (DIFFUCULT)
A rectangular swimming pool is 1m deep at one end and increases uniformly in depth to 2.6m at the other
end. The pool is 8m wide and 32m long and is emptied through an orifice of area 0.224m
2
, at the lowest
point in the side of the deep end. Taking C
d
for the orifice as 0.6, find, from first principles,
a) the time for the depth to fall by 1m b) the time to empty the pool completely.
[299 second, 662 seconds]
4.3
A vertical cylindrical tank 2m diameter has, at the bottom, a 0.05m diameter sharp edged orifice for
which the discharge coefficient is 0.6.
a) If water enters the tank at a constant rate of 0.0095 cumecs find the depth of water above the orifice
when the level in the tank becomes stable.
b) Find the time for the level to fall from 3m to 1m above the orifice when the inflow is turned off.
c) If water now runs into the tank at 0.02 cumecs, the orifice remaining open, find the rate of rise in water
level when the level has reached a depth of 1.7m above the orifice.
[a) 3.314m, b) 881 seconds, c) 0.252m/min]
4.4 (DIFFUCULT)
A horizontal boiler shell (i.e. a horizontal cylinder) 2m diameter and 10m long is half full of water. Find
the time of emptying the shell through a short vertical pipe, diameter 0.08m, attached to the bottom of the
shell. Take the coefficient of discharge to be 0.8.
[1370 seconds]
4.5
Two cylinders standing upright contain liquid and are connected by a submerged orifice. The diameters
of the cylinders are 1.75m and 1.0m and of the orifice, 0.08m. The difference in levels of the liquid is
initially 1.35m. Find how long it will take for this difference to be reduced to 0.66m if the coefficient of
discharge for the orifice is 0.605. (Work from first principles.)
[30.7 seconds]
4.6
A rectangular reservoir with vertical walls has a plan area of 60000m
3
. Discharge from the reservoir take
place over a rectangular weir. The flow characteristics of the weir is Q = 0.678 H
3/2
cumecs where H is
the depth of water above the weir crest. The sill of the weir is 3.4m above the bottom of the reservoir.
Starting with a depth of water of 4m in the reservoir and no inflow, what will be the depth of water after
one hour?
[3.98m]
Notches and weirs
5.1
Deduce an expression for the discharge of water over a right-angled sharp edged V-notch, given that the
coefficient of discharge is 0.61.
A rectangular tank 16m by 6m has the same notch in one of its short vertical sides. Determine the time
taken for the head, measured from the bottom of the notch, to fall from 15cm to 7.5cm.
[1399 seconds]
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5.2
Derive an expression for the discharge over a sharp crested rectangular weir. A sharp edged weir is to be
constructed across a stream in which the normal flow is 200 litres/sec. If the maximum flow likely to
occur in the stream is 5 times the normal flow then determine the length of weir necessary to limit the rise
in water level to 38.4cm above that for normal flow. C
d
=0.61.
[1.24m]
5.3
Show that the rate of flow across a triangular notch is given by Q=C
d
KH
5/2
cumecs, where C
d
is an
experimental coefficient, K depends on the angle of the notch, and H is the height of the undisturbed
water level above the bottom of the notch in metres. State the reasons for the introduction of the
coefficient.
Water from a tank having a surface area of 10m
2
flows over a 90 notch. It is found that the time taken to
lower the level from 8cm to 7cm above the bottom of the notch is 43.5seconds. Determine the coefficient
C
d
assuming that it remains constant during his period.
[0.635]
5.4
A reservoir with vertical sides has a plan area of 56000m
2
. Discharge from the reservoir takes place over
a rectangular weir, the flow characteristic of which is Q=1.77BH
3/2
m
3
/s. At times of maximum rainfall,
water flows into the reservoir at the rate of 9m
3
/s. Find a) the length of weir required to discharge this
quantity if head must not exceed 0.6m; b) the time necessary for the head to drop from 60cm to 30cm if
the inflow suddenly stops.
[10.94m, 3093seconds]
5.5
Develop a formula for the discharge over a 90 V-notch weir in terms of head above the bottom of the V.
A channel conveys 300 litres/sec of water. At the outlet end there is a 90 V-notch weir for which the
coefficient of discharge is 0.58. At what distance above the bottom of the channel should the weir be
placed in order to make the depth in the channel 1.30m? With the weir in this position what is the depth
of water in the channel when the flow is 200 litres/sec?
[0.755m, 1.218m]
5.6
Show that the quantity of water flowing across a triangular V-notch of angle 2u is
Q C gH
d
=
8
15
2
5 2
tan
/
u . Find the flow if the measured head above the bottom of the V is 38cm, when
u=45 and C
d
=0.6. If the flow is wanted within an accuracy of 2%, what are the limiting values of the
head.
[0.126m
3
/s, 0.377m, 0.383m]
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Application of the Momentum Equation
6.1
The figure below shows a smooth curved vane attached to a rigid foundation. The jet of water,
rectangular in section, 75mm wide and 25mm thick, strike the vane with a velocity of 25m/s. Calculate
the vertical and horizontal components of the force exerted on the vane and indicate in which direction
these components act.
[Horizontal 233.4 N acting from right to left. Vertical 1324.6 N acting downwards]
45
25
6.2
A 600mm diameter pipeline carries water under a head of 30m with a velocity of 3m/s. This water main is
fitted with a horizontal bend which turns the axis of the pipeline through 75 (i.e. the internal angle at the
bend is 105). Calculate the resultant force on the bend and its angle to the horizontal.
[104.044 kN, 52 29]
6.3
A horizontal jet of water 210
3
mm
2
cross-section and flowing at a velocity of 15 m/s hits a flat plate at
60 to the axis (of the jet) and to the horizontal. The jet is such that there is no side spread. If the plate is
stationary, calculate a) the force exerted on the plate in the direction of the jet and b) the ratio between the
quantity of fluid that is deflected upwards and that downwards. (Assume that there is no friction and
therefore no shear force.)
[338N, 3:1]
6.4
A 75mm diameter jet of water having a velocity of 25m/s strikes a flat plate, the normal of which is
inclined at 30 to the jet. Find the force normal to the surface of the plate.
[2.39kN]
6.5
The outlet pipe from a pump is a bend of 45 rising in the vertical plane (i.e. and internal angle of 135).
The bend is 150mm diameter at its inlet and 300mm diameter at its outlet. The pipe axis at the inlet is
horizontal and at the outlet it is 1m higher. By neglecting friction, calculate the force and its direction if
the inlet pressure is 100kN/m
2
and the flow of water through the pipe is 0.3m
3
/s. The volume of the pipe
is 0.075m
3
.
[13.94kN at 67 40 to the horizontal]
6.6
The force exerted by a 25mm diameter jet against a flat plate normal to the axis of the jet is 650N. What
is the flow in m
3
/s?
[0.018 m
3
/s]
6.7
A curved plate deflects a 75mm diameter jet through an angle of 45. For a velocity in the jet of 40m/s to
the right, compute the components of the force developed against the curved plate. (Assume no friction).
[R
x
=2070N, R
y
=5000N down]
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6.8
A 45 reducing bend, 0.6m diameter upstream, 0.3m diameter downstream, has water flowing through it
at the rate of 0.45m
3
/s under a pressure of 1.45 bar. Neglecting any loss is head for friction, calculate the
force exerted by the water on the bend, and its direction of application.
[R=34400N to the right and down, u = 14]
Laminar Pipe Flow
7.1
The distribution of velocity, u, in metres/sec with radius r in metres in a smooth bore tube of 0.025 m
bore follows the law, u = 2.5 - kr
2
. Where k is a constant. The flow is laminar and the velocity at the pipe
surface is zero. The fluid has a coefficient of viscosity of 0.00027 kg/m s. Determine (a) the rate of flow
in m
3
/s (b) the shearing force between the fluid and the pipe wall per metre length of pipe.
[6.14x10
-4
m
3
/s, 8.49x10
-3
N]
7.2
A liquid whose coefficient of viscosity is m flows below the critical velocity for laminar flow in a circular
pipe of diameter d and with mean velocity u. Show that the pressure loss in a length of pipe is 32u/d
2
.
Oil of viscosity 0.05 kg/ms flows through a pipe of diameter 0.1m with a velocity of 0.6m/s. Calculate the
loss of pressure in a length of 120m.
[11 520 N/m
2
]
7.3 (DIFFUCULT)
A plunger of 0.08m diameter and length 0.13m has four small holes of diameter 5/1600 m drilled through
in the direction of its length. The plunger is a close fit inside a cylinder, containing oil, such that no oil is
assumed to pass between the plunger and the cylinder. If the plunger is subjected to a vertical downward
force of 45N (including its own weight) and it is assumed that the upward flow through the four small
holes is laminar, determine the speed of the fall of the plunger. The coefficient of velocity of the oil is 0.2
kg/ms.
[0.00064 m/s]
7.4
A vertical cylinder of 0.075 metres diameter is mounted concentrically in a drum of 0.076metres internal
diameter. Oil fills the space between them to a depth of 0.2m. The rotque required to rotate the cylinder in
the drum is 4Nm when the speed of rotation is 7.5 revs/sec. Assuming that the end effects are negligible,
calculate the coefficient of viscosity of the oil.
[0.638 kg/ms]
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Dimensional analysis
8.1
A stationary sphere in water moving at a velocity of 1.6m/s experiences a drag of 4N. Another sphere of
twice the diameter is placed in a wind tunnel. Find the velocity of the air and the drag which will give
dynamically similar conditions. The ratio of kinematic viscosities of air and water is 13, and the density
of air 1.28 kg/m
3
.
[10.4m/s 0.865N]
8.2
Explain briefly the use of the Reynolds number in the interpretation of tests on the flow of liquid in pipes.
Water flows through a 2cm diameter pipe at 1.6m/s. Calculate the Reynolds number and find also the
velocity required to give the same Reynolds number when the pipe is transporting air. Obtain the ratio of
pressure drops in the same length of pipe for both cases. For the water the kinematic viscosity was
1.3110
-6
m
2
/s and the density was 1000 kg/m
3
. For air those quantities were 15.110
-6
m
2
/s and
1.19kg/m
3
.
[24427, 18.4m/s, 0.157]
8.3
Show that Reynold number, ud/, is non-dimensional. If the discharge Q through an orifice is a function
of the diameter d, the pressure difference p, the density , and the viscosity , show that Q = Cp
1/2
d
2
/
1/2
where C is some function of the non-dimensional group (d
1/2
d
1/2
/).
8.4
A cylinder 0.16m in diameter is to be mounted in a stream of water in order to estimate the force on a tall
chimney of 1m diameter which is subject to wind of 33m/s. Calculate (A) the speed of the stream
necessary to give dynamic similarity between the model and chimney, (b) the ratio of forces.
Chimney: = 1.12kg/m
3
= 1610
-6
kg/ms
Model: = 1000kg/m
3
= 810
-4
kg/ms
[11.55m/s, 0.057]
8.5
If the resistance to motion, R, of a sphere through a fluid is a function of the density and viscosity of
the fluid, and the radius r and velocity u of the sphere, show that R is given by
R f
ur
=
|
\

|
.
|

2
Hence show that if at very low velocities the resistance R is proportional to the velocity u, then R = kru
where k is a dimensionless constant.
A fine granular material of specific gravity 2.5 is in uniform suspension in still water of depth 3.3m.
Regarding the particles as spheres of diameter 0.002cm find how long it will take for the water to clear.
Take k=6t and =0.0013 kg/ms.
[218mins 39.3sec]
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