UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

Faculty
Course

Engineering and Science

Unit
Code

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)

Chemical / Civil/ Mechanical
Engineering

Unit Title : Fluid Mechanics 1

Academic
:
Year

2016/2017

Session

201605

Lecturer

: UEME 2123

Dr. Bee Soo Tueen/ Mr. Chong

: Kok Chung/ Mr P. Prakas A/L

S.Palanychamy

Tutorial 3 (Chapter 5: Flow Analysis Using Control Volume)

1. A hydraulic jump is in place downstream from a spillway as indicated in the figure.
Upstream of the jump, the depth of the stream is 0.2 m and the average stream velocity is 5
m/s. Just downstream of the jump, the average stream velocity is 1 m/s. Calculate the depth
of the stream, h, just downstream of the jump.

2. Water flow through a horizontal bend and discharges into the atmosphere as shown in the
figure. When the pressure gage reads 69 kPa, the resultant x-direction anchoring force, FAx, in
the horizontal plane required to hold the bend in place is shown on the figure. Determine the
flowrate through the bend and the y-direction anchoring force, FAy, required to hold the bend
in place. The flow is not frictionless.

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3. Determine the magnitude and direction of the anchoring force needed to hold the horizontal
elbow and nozzle combination shown in the figure. Atmospheric pressure is 100 kPa (abs).
The gage pressure at section (1) is 100 kPa. At section (2), the water exits to the atmosphere.

4. A vertical, circular cross-sectional jet of air strikes a conical deflector as indicated in the
figure. A vertical anchoring force of 0.1 N is required to hold the deflector in place.
Determine the mass (kg) of the deflector. The magnitude of velocity of the air remains
constants.

5. Air flows into the atmosphere from a nozzle and strikes a vertical plate as shown in the
figure. A horizontal force of 12 N is required to hold the plate in place. Determine the
reading on the pressure gage. Assume the flow to be incompressible and frictionless.

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Tutorial 3 (Chapter 7: Dimensional Analysis, Similitude & Modelling)

6. Water sloshes back and forth in a tank as shown in the figure below. The frequency of
sloshing, , is assumed to be a function of acceleration of gravity, g, the average depth of the
water, h, and the length of the tank, l,. Develop a suitable set of dimensionless parameters for
this problem using g and l as repeating variables.

7. Under certain conditions, wind blowing past a rectangular speed limit sign can cause the sign
to oscillate with frequency, . Assume that is a function of the sign width, b, sign height,
h, wind velocity, V, air density, , and an elastic constant, k, for the supporting pole. The
constant, k, has dimensions of FL. Develop a suitable set of pi terms for this problem.

8. Air at 15 C is to flow through a 1.5 m diameter pipe at an average velocity of 5 m/s. What
size pipe should be used to move water at 15.6 C and average velocity of 2 m/s if Reynolds
number similarity is enforced?

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