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    This document contains a 3 question midterm exam for an advanced transport phenomena course. Question 1 involves calculating the drag force, friction factor, and viscosity of a liquid given properties of a sphere moving through it. Question 2 derives an expression for average velocity of flow through a circular tube by performing a shell balance. Question 3 calculates the maximum thickness of paint that can be applied to a wall without dripping, given properties of the paint and the relevant equations of motion.

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    ChE 441: Advanced Transport Phenomenon October 27, 2010

    MID-TERM EXAM
    (130 points total)

    Name: ________________________

    Please answer all parts of all questions. Show all your calculations clearly,
    leaving nothing to interpretation. Show all work for full credit.
    1. (30 points)
    A 5 mm diameter hollow sphere with a mass of 0.05 grams is released in a column of
    liquid and attains a terminal velocity of 0.50 cm/s. The liquid density is 0.900 g/cm3. The
    local gravitational acceleration is 980.7 cm/s2. The sphere is far enough from the
    containing walls so that their effect can be neglected.
    (a) Compute the drag force on the sphere.
    (b) Compute the friction factor
    (c) Determine the viscosity of the liquid
    Solution
    (a) Compute the drag force on the sphere
    Drag force = Buoyant force - Gravity Force

    So,

    (b) Compute the friction factor

    Solving for ,

    (c) Determine the viscosity of the liquid


    In Figure 6.3-1 on page 187 of the text, we see that
    asymptote (i.e. the Creeping flow asymptote), so,

    is very close the Stokes' law

    Thus,

    Rearranging and solving for viscosity,

    2.
    (60 points)
    A Newtonian fluid is flowing in laminar flow through a circular horizontal tube of radius R
    and length L. At the entrance the pressure is p0 and at the exit the pressure is pL. You
    may assume that gravity forces in this system are negligible, and that there is no
    accumulation in the system. Perform a shell balance and derive an expression for the
    average velocity of this fluid.
    Solution
    Shell Balance:
    Rate of z-momentum accumulation=Rate In - Rate Out + Force of gravity

    Divide through by

    and take the limit as

    Dividing through by L, and noting that

    and that

    Rearranging,

    Integrate,

    Boundary Conditions:
    BC#1:
    This gives

    and thus,

    Since we have a Newtonian Fluid,

    , plugging this into the above equation,

    Boundary Conditions:
    BC#2:

    (No-Slip Boundary Condition)

    Substituting,

    Rearranging,

    Average velocity has the equation,

    Since,

    3. (40 points)
    We are painting the walls of a room. The walls are smooth and vertical. Our paint
    behaves like a Bingham plastic with a yield stress, , of 113 dynes/cm2.When the shear
    stress exceeds the yield stress, the paint behaves like a Newtonian fluid with a viscosity
    of 3.0 centipoise (cp) and a density of 1.15 grams/cm3. We would like to apply the paint
    so that it will stay on the wall and not drip. Beginning with the relevant equation of
    motion, please calculate the maximum thickness in centimeters of paint that can be
    applied.
    Note: 1 dyne=1 g-cm/sec2, 1 cp=0.01 g/cm-sec, g=9.8 m/s2 (gravity constant).

    Solution
    Beginning with the

    direction Navier-Stokes Equation,

    Since we have free stream flow,

    Rearranging and integrating,

    Boundary Condition:
    BC#1:
    stress.

    at

    . This says that at the surface of the paint there is no shear

    Substituting back,

    Grouping terms:

    Plugging in the information we have, and realizing that the shear will be in the negative
    z-direction,

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