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Ppnp npn ph nIWM 1203 Fluid Mechanics

Problems on Properties of Fluid

1. Calculate the specific weight, density and specific gravity of one liter of liquid which
weighs 7 N.
2. Calculate the density, specific weight and weight of one liter of petrol of specific gravity =
0.7.
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3. If the velocity distribution over a plate is given by u = 3 𝑦 − 𝑦2 in which u is the velocity
in meter per second at a distance y meter above the plate, determine the shear stress at y =
0 and y = 0.15 m. Take dynamic viscosity of fluid as 8.63 poises.
4. A plate, 0.025 mm distance from a fixed plate, moves at 60 cm/s and requires a force of 2
N per unit area i.e. 2 N/m2 to maintain this speed. Determine the fluid viscosity between
the plates.
5. A flat plate of area 1.5 × 106 mm2 is pulled with a speed of 0.4 m/s relative to another plate
located at a distance of 0.15 mm from it. Find the force and power required to maintain this
speed, if the fluid separating them is having viscosity as 1 poise.

6. Determine the intensity of shear of an oil having viscosity = 1 poise. The oil is used for
lubricating the clearance between a shaft of diameter 10 cm and its journal bearing. The
clearance is 1.5 mm and the shaft rotates at 150 r.p.m.
7. Calculate the dynamic viscosity of an oil, which is used for lubrication between a square
plate of size 0.8 m × 0.8 m and an inclined plane with angle of inclination 300 as shown in
figure. The weight of the square plate is 300 N and it slides down the inclined plane with a
uniform velocity of 0.3 m/s. The thickness of oil film is 1.5 mm.
8. Two horizontal plates are placed 1.25 cm apart, the space between them being filled with
oil of viscosity 14 poises. Calculate the shear stress in oil if upper plate is moved with a
velocity of 2.5 m/s.
9. The space between two square flat parallel plates is filled with oil. Each side of the plate is
60 cm. The thickness of the oil film is 12.5 mm. The upper plate, which moves at 2.5 meter
per sec requires a force of 98.1 N to maintain the speed. Determine:
i. the dynamic viscosity of the oil in poise, and
ii. the kinematic viscosity of the oil in stokes if the specific gravity of the oil is 0.95

10. Find the kinematic viscosity of an oil having density 981 kg/m3. The shear stress at a point
in oil is 0.2452 N/m2 and velocity gradient at that point is 0.2 per second.
11. Determine the specific gravity of a fluid having viscosity 0.05 poise and kinematic
viscosity 0.035 stokes.
12. 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 of 90 mm. The thickness of the oil film is 1.5 mm.

13. A Newtonian fluid is filled in the clearance between a shaft and a concentric sleeve. The
sleeve attains a speed of 50 cm/s, when a force of 40 N is applied to the sleeve parallel to
the shaft. Determine the speed if a force of 200 N is applied.
14. A 15 cm diameter vertical cylinder rotates concentrically inside another cylinder of
diameter 15.10 cm. Both cylinder are 25 cm high. The space between the cylinders is filled
with a liquid whose viscosity is unknown. If a torque of 12.0 Nm is required to rotate the
inner cylinder at 100 r.p.m., determine the viscosity of the fluid.

15. The surface tension of water in contact with air at 20 0C is 0.0725 N/m. The pressure inside
a droplet of water is to be 0.02 N/cm2 greater than the outside pressure. Calculate the
diameter of the droplet of water.
16. Find the surface tension in a soap bubble of 40 mm diameter when the inside pressure is
2.5 N/m2 above atmospheric pressure.

17. Calculate the capillary rise in a glass tube of 2.5 mm diameter when immersed vertically
in (a) water and (b) mercury. Take surface tensions σ =0.072 N/m for water and σ = 0.52
N/m for mercury in contact with air. The specific gravity for mercury is given as 13.6 and
angle of contact = 1300.

18. Calculate the capillary effect in millimeters in a glass tube of 4 mm diameter, when
immersed in (i) water and (ii) mercury. The temperature of the liquid is 200C and the values
of the surface tension of water and mercury at 200C in contact with air are 0.073575 N/m
and 0.51 N/m respectively. The angle of contact for water is zero and that for mercury 1300.
Take density of water at 200C as equal to 998 kg/m3.

19. The capillary rise in the glass tube is not to exceed 0.2 mm of water. Determine its
minimum size, given that surface tension for water in contact with air = 0.0725 N/m.
20. A gas weighs 16 N/m2 at 250C and at an absolute pressure of 0.25 N/mm2. Determine the
gas constant and density of the gas.
21. Determine the volume of 10 kg mass of air at 300 kpa and 1000C. Take R = 287 J/kgK.

22. A gas occupies a volume of 0.105 m3 at a temperature of 200C and a pressure of 150 kPa
absolute. Find the final temperature of the gas, if it is compressed to a pressure of 750 kPa
absolute and occupies a volume of 0.04 m3.

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