MECHANICS OF FLUIDS

MODEL EXAMINATION-I
Time: 3.00hrs
Date: 11.10.12
Answer ALL questions:

PART A - (102= 20 marks)

Max marks: 100

Dept: CIVIL

1. List the types of fluid flow.

2. Compare Laminar and Turbulent flow.
3. State the assumptions used in deriving Bernoullis equation
4. Mention the range of Reynolds number for laminar and turbulent flow in a pipe.
5. Define Impulse Momentum Equation
6. Classification of boundary layer.
7. Define momentum thickness.
8. Explain minor losses in a pipe.
9. Give an expression for loss of head due to an obstruction in pipe
10. Define the terms a) Hydraulic gradient line [HGL] b) Total Energy line [TEL]
PART B (5X16=80)

Answer ALL questions:

11. (i) (a) Derives Eulers Equation of Motion and proves the Bernoullis equation.
(11)
(b) Define the terms: i) Kinematics of flow ii) Uniform and non-uniform flows iii)
Rotational and irrotational flows
(5)
Or
(ii) (a) A pipe 300m long has a slope of 1 in100 and tapers from 1m diameter at the high end to
0.5m at the low end . The quantity of water flowing is 5400 m3/min. If the pressure at the high end
is 49033 N/m, find the pressure at the low end. What is the change in pressure if the head loss
between the two sections is 0.45m of water?
(10)
(b) What are the application of Bernoullis equation and explain the Venturimeter with neat
sketch
(6)
12. (i) State the momentum equation. How will you apply momentum equation for determining the
force exerted by a flowing fluid on a pipe bend?
(16)
Or
(ii) What is the application of darcy-weisbach equation? Derive an expression for the same. (12)
What are the major and minor losses of flow through pipes?
(4)
13. (i) Obtain the Hagen poiseuilles equation for pressure difference between two sections 1 and
2in the pipe is given by
(p1 p2)=32L/D2 with usual notations.
(16)
Or
(ii)(a) A plate of 600mm length and 400mm wide is immersed in a fluid of specific gravity 0.9
and kinematic viscosity 10-4 m/sec. The fluid is moving with a velocity of 6 m/sec. Determine i)
boundary layer thickness ii) shear stress at the end of the plate, and iii) drag force on one side of the
plate.
(12+4)
(b) Define Displacement thickness. Derive an expression for the Displacement thickness.
14. (i) Find the displacement, momentum and energy thickness for the velocity distribution in the
boundary layer given by,
u/U= 2(y/)-(y/)2
(16)
Or

(ii) (a)A thin plate is moving in still atmospheric air at a velocity of 5m/sec. The length of the
plate is 0.6m and width 0.5m. Calculate i) the thickness of the boundary layer at the end of the plate
and ii) Drag force on one side of the plate. Take density of air as 1.24 kg/m3 and kinematic
viscosity 0.15 strokes.
(12)
(b) What do you understand by the term Boundary layer and Boundary Layer theory? (4)
15. (i) (a) Derive an expression for head lost due to sudden contraction of the pipe.
(6)
(b) A pipe increasing in diameter suddenly from 12cm to 22cm .if the discharge of water
through a pipe is 120lit/sec. Determine the loss of head due to sudden enlargement of cross section
area. Also determine the pressure difference between two sections of pipe line.
(10)
Or
(ii) The difference in water level between two tanks, which are connected by three pipes in
series, is 15m. Lengths and diameters of these pipe are 300m, 150m, 200m and 30cm, 20cm, and
30cm respectively. Find the discharge through the pipe line consider (i) All losses ,(ii) Neglecting
minor losses and tabulate all losses if friction factor for three pipes are taken as 0.02, 0.025 and 0.03
.
(16)

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