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This document contains 20 problem sets related to fluid mechanics. Some examples include: 1) Calculating the amount of mercury that would weigh the same as 5 gallons of castor oil. 2) Finding the weight of a rock given its specific gravity and volume. 3) Converting a dynamic viscosity measurement between different units like Pa-s and lb-s/ft^2. 4) Determining viscosity, shear stress, pressure, volume, and other fluid properties using concepts like specific gravity, density, viscosity, surface tension, and bulk modulus.

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Ce8 PS1

This document contains 20 problem sets related to fluid mechanics. Some examples include: 1) Calculating the amount of mercury that would weigh the same as 5 gallons of castor oil. 2) Finding the weight of a rock given its specific gravity and volume. 3) Converting a dynamic viscosity measurement between different units like Pa-s and lb-s/ft^2. 4) Determining viscosity, shear stress, pressure, volume, and other fluid properties using concepts like specific gravity, density, viscosity, surface tension, and bulk modulus.

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CE8E – PROBLEM SET NO.

*same direction in CE6 problem set

1. How many gallons of mercury (sg = 13.54) would weigh the same as 5 gal of castor oil, which has
a specific weight of 59.69 lb/ft^3.
2. A rock has a specific gravity of 2.32 and a volume of 8.64m^3. How much does it weigh?
3. Alcohol has a specific gravity of 0.79. Calculate its density both in slugs/ft^3 and g/cm^3.
4. A storage vessel for gasoline (sg = 0.68) is a vertical cylinder 30ft in diameter. If it is filled to a
depth of 22ft, calculate the number of gallons in the tank and the weight of the gasoline.
5. Convert a dynamic viscosity measurement of 4500cP into Pa –s and lb-s/ft^2.
6. In a falling - ball viscometer, a steel ball 1.6mm in diameter is allowed to fall freely in a heavy
fuel oil having specific gravity of 0.94. Steel weighs 77kN/m^3. If the ball is observed to fall
250mm in 10.4secs, calculate the viscosity of the oil.
7. One liter of crude oil weighs 9.6N. Calculate its specific weight, density and specific gravity.
8. Two plates are placed at a distance of 0.15mm apart. The lower plate is fixed while the upper
plate having surface area of 1.0m^2 is pulled at 0.3m/s. Find the force and power required to
maintain this speed, if the fluid separating then is having viscosity 1.5poise.
9. If the velocity distribution of a fluid over a plate is given by u = (3/4)y – y^2 in which u is the
velocity in m/s at a distance of y in meters above a plate. Determine the shear stress at y = 0, 0.1
and 0.2m. Take μ = 6poise.
10. The weight of a gas is given as 17.658N/m^3 at 30 degree Celsius and at an absolute pressure of
29.43N/cm^2. Determine the gas constant and the density of the gas.
11. One liter of crude oil weighs 9.6N. Calculate its specific weight, density and specific gravity.
12. The velocity for flow over a flat plate is given by u = 3/2 y – y^3/2, where u is the point velocity
in m/s at a distance y in meter above the plate. Determine the shear stress at y = 9 cm. Assume
dynamic viscosity as 8poise.
13. A plate 0.025mm distant from a fixed plate, moves at 50cm/s and requires a force of
1.471N/m^2 to maintain this speed. Determine the fluid viscosity between the plates in poise.
14. Determine the intensity of shear of an oil having a viscosity = 1.2 poise and is used for
lubrication in the clearance between a 10cm diameter shaft and its journal bearing. The
clearance is 1.0 mm and shafts rotate at 200rpm.
15. Two plates are placed at a distance of 0.15mm apart. The lower plate is fixed while the upper
plate having surface area 1.0m^2 is pulled at 0.3m/s. Find the force and the power required to
maintain this speed, if the fluid separating them is having viscosity 1.5poise.
16. An oil film of thickness 1.5mm is used for lubrication between a square plate of size 0.9m x 0.9m
and an inclined plane having an angle of inclination 20 degrees. The weight of the square is
392.4N and its slides down the plane with a uniform velocity of 0.2m/s. Find the dynamic
viscosity of the oil in poise.
17. In a stream of glycerine in motion, at a certain point the velocity gradient is 0.25m/s-m. The
mass density of fluid is 1268.4 kg/m^3 and kinematic viscosity is 6.30 x 10^-4 m^2/s. Calculate
the shear stress at the point.
18. The pressure of a liquid is increased from 60N/cm^2 to 100N/cm^2 and the volume decreases
by 0.2%. Determine the bulk modulus of elasticity.
19. Determine the bulk modulus of elasticity of a fluid which is compressed in a cylinder from a
volume of 0.009m^3 at 70N/cm^2 pressure to a volume of 0.0085m^3 at 270N/cm^2 pressure.
20. Calculate the capillary rise on a glass tube of 3.00mm diameter when immersed vertically in (a)
water, and (b) mercury. Take surface tensions for Mercury and Water as 0.0725N/m and
0.52N/m, respectively in contact with air.

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