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This document contains 6 problems related to calculating properties of fluids: 1. Calculate specific weight, density, and specific gravity of a 1L liquid weighing 9N. 2. Determine the mass and density of a fluid weighing 280N in a 32L volume at 9.8 m/s^2 acceleration. 3. Calculate the horizontal force needed to move a 150N block at 0.8 m/s on an inclined surface, and how a thin oil film would reduce this force.

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This document contains 6 problems related to calculating properties of fluids: 1. Calculate specific weight, density, and specific gravity of a 1L liquid weighing 9N. 2. Determine the mass and density of a fluid weighing 280N in a 32L volume at 9.8 m/s^2 acceleration. 3. Calculate the horizontal force needed to move a 150N block at 0.8 m/s on an inclined surface, and how a thin oil film would reduce this force.

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Properties of Fluids
1. Calculate the specific weight, density and specific gravity for 1 liter of a liquid, at weight 9
N.
2. A fluid that occupies a volume of 32 L weighs 280 N at a location where the gravitational
acceleration is 9.80 m/s2. Determine the mass of this fluid and its density.
3. A 50 cm x 20 cm x 30 cm block weighing 150 N is to be moved at a constant velocity of
0.8 m/s on an inclined surface (Fig. 1) with a friction coefficient of 0.27. a) Determine the
force F that needs to be applied in the horizontal direction. b) If a 0.4 mm thick oil film
with a dynamic viscosity of 0.012 Pa.s is applied between the block and inclined surface,
determine the percent reduction in the required force.
4. A thin 40 cm x 40 cm flat plate is pulled at 2 m/s horizontally through a 3.6 mm thick oil
layer sandwiched between two plates, one stationary and the other moving at a constant
velocity of 0.3 m/s, as shown in Fig. 2. The dynamic viscosity of oil is 0.027 Pa.s.
Assuming the velocity in each oil layer to vary linearly, a) find the location where the oil
velocity is zero and, b) determine the force that needs to be applied on the plate to
maintain this motion.
5. For flow over a plate, the variation of velocity with vertical distance y from the plate is
given as u(y) = ay by2 where a and b are constants. Obtain a relation for the wall shear
stress in terms of a, b, and .
6. A thin plate (Fig. 3) moves between two parallel, horizontal, stationary flat surfaces at a
constant velocity of 5 m/s. The two stationary surfaces are spaced 4 cm apart, and the
medium between them is filled with oil whose viscosity is 0.9 N.s/m2. The part of the
plate immersed in oil at any given time is 2 m long and 0.5 m wide. If the plate moves
through the mid-plane between the surfaces, determine the force required to maintain
this motion. What would your response be if the plate was 1 cm from the bottom surface
(h2) and 3 cm from the top surface (h1)?

Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 1

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