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This document contains an exam for a mechanics of fluids and transport course. It includes 6 multi-part problems related to fluid dynamics, such as calculating capillary action in a glass tube, determining drag force on a sphere in a pipe, calculating pressure differences and power required for fluid flow through pipes, estimating boundary layer thickness and drag on a sheet of plywood traveling in air, and calculating drag force on a cork ball tied to an object in a river. Diagrams and equations are provided to help solve each problem.

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This document contains an exam for a mechanics of fluids and transport course. It includes 6 multi-part problems related to fluid dynamics, such as calculating capillary action in a glass tube, determining drag force on a sphere in a pipe, calculating pressure differences and power required for fluid flow through pipes, estimating boundary layer thickness and drag on a sheet of plywood traveling in air, and calculating drag force on a cork ball tied to an object in a river. Diagrams and equations are provided to help solve each problem.

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57:020 Mechanics of Fluids and Transport Fall 2007

EXAM #3

December 17, 2007

1. Pressures are sometimes determined by measuring the height of a column of liquid in a vertical
tube (See Fig. 1). What diameter of clean glass tubing is required so that the rise of water at
20C in a tube due to capillary action (as opposed to pressure in the tube) is less than h = 1 mm?
(For water at 20C, = 0.0728 N/m, = 9,789 N/m3, contact angle = 0)
2. The drag, , on a sphere located in a pipe through which a fluid is flowing is to be determined
experimentally (see Fig. 2). According to a dimensional analysis the drag force can be expressed
as following:

Some experiments using water indicate that for


= 0.2 in.,
= 0.5 in., and
= 2 ft/s, the
-3
is 1.5 10 lb. (a) Determine the sphere diameter located in a 2-ft-diameter pipe to
drag
maintain geometric similarity. (b) Estimate the drag on the sphere if water is flowing through
the pipe with a velocity of 6 ft/s.

Figure 1

Figure 2

3. Water flows through a horizontal galvanized iron pipe ( = 0.0005 ft) at a rate of 0.12 ft3/s as
shown in Fig. 3. Determine the pressure difference,
, by using the energy equation
with head loss, . Use following equation to calculate the friction factor, , if necessary.
( = 62.4 lb/ft3, = 1.21 10-5 ft2/s)
1.325
ln

3.7

5.74

for 10

10

and 5000

10

of 250 ft to the water. Determine the power, ,


4. The pump shown in Fig. 4 delivers a head
that the pump adds to the water if the friction factor, , is 0.0121. The difference in elevation of
the two ponds is 200 ft. ( = 62.4 lb/ft3, Hint:
, 1 hp = 550 lbft/s)
(2)

(1)
Figure 3

Figure 4

57:020 Mechanics of Fluids and Transport Fall 2007

EXAM #3

December 17, 2007

5. Suppose you buy a 4- by 8-ft sheet of plywood and put it on your roof rack. (See Fig. 5.) You
drive home at 35 mi/h. (a) Assuming the board is perfectly aligned with the airflow, how thick is
the boundary layer at the end of the board? (b) Estimate the drag on the upper side of the plywood. Assume the boundary layer is turbulent and the wood is smooth. ( = 1.57 10-4 ft2/s,
)
= 2.38 10-3 slugs/ft3, 1 mi/h = 1.4667 ft/s, 1 lb = 1 slugft/s2, Drag =
8 ft

Figure 5
6. A smooth 0.10-m-diameter cork ball ( = 0.21) is tied to an object on the bottom of a river as is
shown in Fig. 6. What is if the flow is at = 1.12 m/s? Neglect the string drag. Drag coefficients of a smooth sphere are given in Fig. 7 as a function of Reynolds number (solid line).
(
= 998 kg/m3,
= 1.12 10-6 m2/s,
)

(Buoyancy, Weight, Drag, and Tension forces)


Figure 6

Figure 7

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