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Assignment #2 - Due Mar 4

This document contains instructions for Assignment #2 for an intermediate fluid mechanics course. It includes 6 problems related to incompressible flow, the Navier-Stokes equations, flow down an inclined plate, compact form of Navier-Stokes equations, and developing expressions for volume flow rate and wall shear stress for specific flows. Students are asked to show work for problems related to velocity fields, pressure distributions, integrating velocity profiles, and relating compact and component forms of the governing equations.

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Assignment #2 - Due Mar 4

This document contains instructions for Assignment #2 for an intermediate fluid mechanics course. It includes 6 problems related to incompressible flow, the Navier-Stokes equations, flow down an inclined plate, compact form of Navier-Stokes equations, and developing expressions for volume flow rate and wall shear stress for specific flows. Students are asked to show work for problems related to velocity fields, pressure distributions, integrating velocity profiles, and relating compact and component forms of the governing equations.

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Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (MechEng 420)

Spring 2019
Assignment #2
Due date: March 4 (Monday)

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1) Does the velocity field 𝑣𝑟 = 4 (1 − ) 𝐶𝑜𝑠 𝜃 , 𝑣𝜃 = −4 (1 +
𝑟2
1
𝑟2
) 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝜃 , 𝑣𝑧 = 0 represent a possible incompressible flow?

2) Consider a steady, two-dimensional, incompressible flow of a


Newtonian fluid in which the velocity field is known: u = -2 x y,
v = y2 – x2, w = 0. Show that it satisfies the Navier-Stokes equations.
Comment on the form the pressure distribution will have.

3) A constant-thickness film of viscous liquid flows in laminar motion


down a plate inclined at angle θ, as shown below. The velocity profile
is u = C y (2h - y) , v = w = 0

a) Comment on the pressure inside the liquid and its relation with the
atmospheric pressure.
b) Find the constant C in terms of the specific weight and viscosity
and the angle θ. (Hint: use N.S. equations.)
c) After integrating the x-direction velocity along the y direction, find
the volume flux Q per unit width in terms of these parameters.

4) The compact form of the Navier-Stokes equations is given as

⃗
𝐷𝑉
𝜌 ⃗ + 𝜌𝑔
= − ∇ 𝑝 + 𝜇 ∇2 𝑉 ⃗
𝐷𝑡

Show that this form is identical to the three-equation set derived in the
class for x, y and z directions.

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5) Develop expressions for volume flow-rate across any flow cross-
section for the Couette flow (Case I) and the pressure-driven slit flow
(Case II) done in the class.

6) Develop an expression for the wall shear-stress for the pressure-driven


slit flow (Case II) done in the class.

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