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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA FINAL EXAMINATION

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FLUID MECHANICS MEC241 OCTOBER 2010 3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. 2. 3. This question paper consists of six (6) questions. Answer five (5) questions in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the invigilator. Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of: i) ii) iii) the Question Paper an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty a Moody Chart - provided by the Faculty

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QUESTION 1 a) A cylindrical can 150 mm in diameter is filled to a depth of 100 mm with a fuel oil. The oil has a mass 1.65 kg. Calculate its density, specific weight and specific gravity. (10 marks) The space between two square flat parallel plates is filled with oil. The area of the each plate is 72 cm x 72 cm. The thickness of the oil film is 15.5 mm. The upper plate moves at 5.5 m/s with required force at 105 N to maintain the speed. Determine: i) ii) the dynamic viscosity of the oil, and the kinematic viscosity of the oil if the specific gravity of the oil is 0.97. (10 marks)

b)

QUESTION 2 a) Figure Q2(a) shows a tank of oil with one side open to the atmosphere and the other side sealed with air above the oil. The oil has a specific gravity of 0.90. Calculate the gage pressure at points A, B, C, D, E, and F and the air pressure in the right side of the tank. (8 marks)

Air

~~r~
1.5 m A #E 3.0 m Oil - B 3.0 m D

Figure Q2(a)

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Figure Q2(b0 shows the front and side view of a river scow used to carry bulk materials weighted 6x103 kN in fresh water. The width and length of the scow are 8.5 m and 25 m respectively. Determine: i) the depth, h of the scow submerged below the surface of the fresh water and location of center of buoyancy, yc6, and the location of center of gravity, ycg to ensure the minimum stability (12 marks)

ii)

CQ

CQ

V
ycg

6m CB
i

CB

OV-J-O

ya' ::
8.5 m

25 m

Figure Q2(b)

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QUESTION 3
a) Oil (sg = 0.97) is flowing in a pipe of diameter 200 mm with velocity of 2.5 m/s and is converging into a pipe of 120 mm at a level 3 m down as shown in Figure Q3(a). Determine: i) ii) iii) the volume flow rate in m3/s of the oil flow in the pipe, the velocity in m/s at level 2, and the fluid pressure at level 2 in kPa. (10 marks)

2.5 m/s

D, = 200mm P, = 240 kPa

3m

Oil

D2 = 120mm

Figure 0.3(a)

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b)

A venturimeter is a device used to measure the velocity of a oil in a pipe as shown in Figure Q3(b). For the given data and information, determine: the velocity of the oil flow at the inlet of the pipe, and the volume flow rate in the pipe in L/min. (10 marks)

D^Scm

D2=15cm

mercury, sg=13.6

Figure Q3(b)

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QUESTION 4 A reducing elbow is used to deflect water flow at a rate of 30 kg/s in a horizontal pipe upward by an angle 9 = 35 from the flow direction while accelerating it. The elbow discharges water into the atmosphere. The radius of the elbow is r, = 120cm at the inlet and r2 =30cm at the exit. The elevation difference between the centers of the exit and the inlet is 3 m. The mass of the elbow and water in it is 55 kg. Determine: ) i) ii) the force in horizontal direction, the force in vertical direction, and magnitude and direction of the resultant force exerted on the outlet by the water. (20 marks) r2 = 30 cm

120 cm

Figure Q4

QUESTION 5 A water supply system for a building is shown in Figure Q5. The flow rate of water being pumped is 20 Liter/s through a 35 m long and 0.25 m diameter galvanized iron combine pipe. The minor loss coefficients for the pipe fittings used are:
& pipe entry = " . 5 , K-pipe exit = 1 A & globe valve = * " ' ^check valve = ^-^' 90 bend
=

" ' - " > ^ pump ~

Determine: i) ii) iii) iv) the water flow condition in the pipe whether laminar or turbulent, the friction head loss in pipe, the minor head loss in pipe, and the required pumping power of the pump.

Use pwaler = 1000 kg/m3 and //,, = 1.31 x 10~3 kg/ms

(20 marks)
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20m globe g ) _ | valve ^

go o b e n d

pipe entry

m
check valve Figure Q5

QUESTION 6 The variables controlling the motion of a floating vessel through water and the drag force F, the speed V, and the length L. the density p, the dynamic viscosity u of water and acceleration due to gravity g. Derive an expression for F by using Buckingham's n Theorem. F = p l _ V 0 [u/pLV, |_g/\n (20 marks)

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