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Institute Open Elective Course Fluid Mechanics (CHO 102) Assignment III

The document contains 6 problems related to fluid mechanics. Problem 1 involves calculating velocity and flow rate integrals over triangular control volumes. Problem 2 requires determining the timing of events in a filling cylindrical water tank. Problem 3 requires calculating mass flow rates related to a cooling tower process. Problem 4 provides a laminar flow velocity profile and asks for calculated values. Problem 5 gives data for a conical flask drain and asks for the outflow rate and surface level behavior. Problem 6 gives a boundary layer diagram and asks for flow rate calculations over various surfaces.

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Institute Open Elective Course Fluid Mechanics (CHO 102) Assignment III

The document contains 6 problems related to fluid mechanics. Problem 1 involves calculating velocity and flow rate integrals over triangular control volumes. Problem 2 requires determining the timing of events in a filling cylindrical water tank. Problem 3 requires calculating mass flow rates related to a cooling tower process. Problem 4 provides a laminar flow velocity profile and asks for calculated values. Problem 5 gives data for a conical flask drain and asks for the outflow rate and surface level behavior. Problem 6 gives a boundary layer diagram and asks for flow rate calculations over various surfaces.

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Institute Open Elective Course

Fluid Mechanics (CHO 102)

Assignment III
1) The velocity field in the region shown is given by V =

10zj^+ 5k^. For the 1 m× 1m triangular control volume

(depth w=1 m perpendicular to the diagram), an element

of area 1 may be represented by w(-dzj^+dyk^) and an

element of area 2 by wdzj^. (a) Find an expression

for V .d A1 . (b) Evaluate  V1.d A1 . (c) Find an expression for V .d A2 . (d) Find an
A1

expression for V (V .d A2 ) . (e) Evaluate  V (V .d A ) .


A2
2

2) A cylindrical holding water tank has a 3 m ID and a height of 3 m. There is

one inlet of diameter 10 cm, an exit of diameter 8 cm, and a drain. The tank is

initially empty when the inlet pump is turned on, producing an average inlet

velocity of 5 m/s. When the level in the tank reaches 0.7 m, the exit pump turns

on, causing flow out of the exit; the exit average velocity is 3 m/s. When the

water level reaches 2 m the drain is opened such that the level remains at 2 m.

Find (a) the time at which the exit pump is switched on, (b) the time at which

the drain is opened, and (c) the flow rate into the drain (m3/min).

3) A wet cooling tower cools warm water by spraying it into a forced dry-air

flow. Some of the water evaporates in this air and is

carried out of the tower into the atmosphere; the

evaporation cools the remaining water droplets, which are

collected at the exit pipe (150 mm ID) of the tower.

Measurements indicate the warm water mass flow rate is

31.5 kg/s, and the cool water (210C) flows at an average speed of 1.7 m/s in the

exit pipe. The moist air density is 1.06 kg/m3. Find (a) the volume flow rate and
mass flow rate of the cool water, (b) the mass flow rate of the moist air, and (c)

the mass flow rate of the dry air.

4) The velocity profile for laminar flow in an annulus is given by

 
P  2 2 R02  Ri2 R0 
u (r )    R0  r  ln 
4 L  
ln 
Ri  r 

  R0  

where Δp/L=-10 kPa/m is the pressure gradient, µ is the viscosity (0.1 N.s/m2 at

200C), and Ro= 5 mm and R i=1 mm are the outer and inner radii. Find the volume

flow rate, the average velocity, and the maximum velocity. Plot the velocity

distribution.

5) A conical flask contains water to height H=36.8 mm, where the flask

diameter is D=29.4 mm. Water drains out through a smoothly rounded hole of

diameter d=7.35 mm at the apex of the cone. The flow speed at the exit is

approximately V  (2 gy)1 2 , where y is the height of the liquid free surface above

the hole. A stream of water flows into the top of the flask at constant volume

flow rate, Q=3.75×10-7 m3/hr. Find the volume flow rate from the bottom of the

flask. Evaluate the direction and rate of change of water surface level in the

flask at this instant.

6) Consider incompressible steady

flow of standard air in a boundary

layer on the length of porous surface

shown. Assume the boundary layer at

the downstream end of the surface

has an approximately parabolic velocity profile,

      . Uniform suction is applied along the porous surface, as


2
u 2 y  y
U

shown. Calculate the volume flow rate across surface cd, through the porous

suction surface, and across surface bc.

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