This document contains 15 fluid mechanics problems involving concepts like density, pressure, viscosity, surface tension, and capillary action. The problems ask the student to calculate properties of various fluids, analyze systems involving fluids in containers and tubes, and determine features like capillary rise and depression given information about the fluids, containers, and conditions. The student is to complete these problems to demonstrate their understanding of key fluid mechanics concepts.
This document contains 15 fluid mechanics problems involving concepts like density, pressure, viscosity, surface tension, and capillary action. The problems ask the student to calculate properties of various fluids, analyze systems involving fluids in containers and tubes, and determine features like capillary rise and depression given information about the fluids, containers, and conditions. The student is to complete these problems to demonstrate their understanding of key fluid mechanics concepts.
This document contains 15 fluid mechanics problems involving concepts like density, pressure, viscosity, surface tension, and capillary action. The problems ask the student to calculate properties of various fluids, analyze systems involving fluids in containers and tubes, and determine features like capillary rise and depression given information about the fluids, containers, and conditions. The student is to complete these problems to demonstrate their understanding of key fluid mechanics concepts.
This document contains 15 fluid mechanics problems involving concepts like density, pressure, viscosity, surface tension, and capillary action. The problems ask the student to calculate properties of various fluids, analyze systems involving fluids in containers and tubes, and determine features like capillary rise and depression given information about the fluids, containers, and conditions. The student is to complete these problems to demonstrate their understanding of key fluid mechanics concepts.
1. A reservoir of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) has a mass of 500 kg and a volume of 0.315 m3. Find the carbon tetrachloride’s (a) weight, (b) mass density, (c) specific weight, and (d) specific gravity.
2. The weight of a body is 100 lb. Determine (a) its weight in
Newtons, (b) its mass in kilograms, (c) the rate of acceleration in ft/sec2 if a net force of 50 lb is applied to the 20 in body. h
3. Find the height of the free surface if 0.8 ft3 is poured in the conical tank shown, 20-in high, with a base radius of 10 in. 10 in
How much additional water is required to fill the tank?
4. Determine the density, specific gravity, and mass of the air in a room whose dimensions are 4 m x 5 m x 6 m at 100 kPa abs and 25°C. Treat air as an ideal gas.
5. Find the change in volume of 1 ft3 of water at 80°F when subjected to a pressure increase of 300 psi. Water’s bulk modulus of elasticity at this temperature is 325,000 psi.
6. A cylinder contains 12.5 ft3 of air at 140°F and 40 psia. The air is then compressed to 2.50 ft3. What is the pressure of air at the new volume and the bulk modulus of elasticity, assuming (a) isothermal conditions, and (b) adiabatic conditions with k = 1.40.
7. A cube weighing 1.1 kN and 250 mm on an edge slides down an incline on a film of oil μm thick as shown below. Assuming a linear velocity profile in the file, what is the terminal velocity of the cube? The viscosity of oil is 7 MPa-sec. 1.1 kN
oil 0.006-mm thick
2 20° 8. The viscosity of a fluid is to be measured by a rotating drum viscometer constructed of two 40-cm long concentric cylinders as shown below. The outer diameter of the inner cylinder is 12 cm, and the gap between the two cylinders is 0.15 cm. The inner cylinder is rotated at 300 rpm, and the torque is measured to be 1.8 N-m. Determine the viscosity of the fluid.
9. A small drop of water at 80°F is in contact with the air, and has a diameter of 0.02 in. If the pressure within the droplet is 0.082 psi greater than the atmosphere, what is the value of the surface tension?
10. Two clean parallel glass plates separated by a distance of 1.5 mm are dipped in a bath of water. How far will water rise due to capillary action, if 𝝈 = 0.073 N/m?
11. A 1-in diameter soap bubble has an internal pressure of 0.0045 psi greater than that of the outside atmosphere. Compute the surface tension of the soap-air interface. Note that a soap bubble has two interfaces with air, an inner and outer surface of nearly the same radius.
12. A 0.03-in-diameter glass tube is inserted into kerosene at
68°F as shown. The contact angle of kerosene with a glass surface is 26°. Determine the capillary rise of kerosene in the tube. Surface tension of kerosene os 0.028 N/m.
13. Find the angle the surface tension film leaves the glass for a vertical tube immersed in water if the diameter is 0.25 in and the capillary rise is 0.08 in. Use 𝝈 = 0.005 lb/ft.
14. What capillary depression of mercury (𝛳 = 140°) may be expected in a 2-mm diameter tube?
15. A glass tube in the tank shown is used to measure pressure in
the water tank. The tube has 1 mm diameter. If surface tension is 0.0712 N/m, what is the true water height in the tube after correcting for surface tension?
