Assignment 4
Assignment 4
1. Calculate the specific gravity of one liter of a liquid that weighs 7N.
2. cubical block weighing 300 N and having 0.8 cm edge is allowed to slide down an
inclined plane surface making an angle of 30° with the horizontal on which there is a
uniform layer of oil 1.5 mm thick. If the expected steady state velocity of the block is
0.3 m/s, determine the viscosity of the oil.
3. Water flows through a pipe AB 1.5 m diameter at 2.5 m/sec At B, the pipe branches
into BC and BD. Branch BC is 0.8 meter in diameter and carries one fourth of the flow
in AB. The flow velocity in branch BD is 2 m/sec. Find the volume flow rate in AB,
the velocity in BC, and the diameter of BD.
4. If the velocity profile of a fluid over a plate is parabolic with the vertex 20 cm from the
plate, where the velocity is 120 cm/sec. Calculate the velocity gradients and shear
stresses at a distance of 0, 10 and 20 cm from the plate, if the viscosity of the fluid is
8.5 poise.
5. In a hydraulic jack mechanism, the diameter of ram is 11 cm and that of plunger is 2.5
cm. A force of 75 N is applied on the plunger. Find the load lifted by the ram, when (a)
ram and plunger are at the same level, (b) Plunger is 450 mm above the ram level.
Given: density of the fluid is 1000 Kg/m3.
6. The dynamic viscosity of an oil, used for lubrication between a shaft and sleeve is 6
poise. The shaft is of diameter 0.4 m and rotates at 190 r.p.m. Calculate the power lost
in the bearing for a sleeve length of 90 mm. The thickness of the oil film is 1.5 mm.