Problem Set 5: Viscous Flow

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SESG1005 Fluid Mechanics

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Q.1 A 15 cm diameter cylinder falls at a rate of 1m/s in an 20cm diameter tube containing an incompressible liquid. What is the mean velocity of the liquid (with respect to the tube) in the space between the cylinder and the tube wall?

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Q.2 One type of bearing that can be used to support very large structures is shown below. Here fluid under pressure is forced from the bearing midpoint (A) to the exterior zone B. thus a pressure distribution occurs as shown. For this bearing which is 30cm wide, what discharge of oil from slot A per meter of length of bearing is required? Assume a 50kN load per meter of bearing length with a clearance space t between the floor and the bearing surface of 0.6mm. Assume an oil viscosity of 0.2 NS/m2. Hour much oil per hour would have to be pumped per meter of bearing length for the given conditions?

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Q.3 Oil (kinematic viscosity 10-4 m2/s, SG=0.9) flows past a plate in a tangential direction so that a laminar boundary layer develops. If the velocity of approach is 1m/s, what is the oil velocity 1m downstream from the leading edge and 10cm away from the plate.

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Q.4 A sphere is moving in water at a depth where the absolute pressure is 124kPa. The maximum velocity on a sphere occurs from the forward stagnation point and is 1.5 times the free stream velocity. Calculate the speed of the sphere at which cavitation will occur.

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Q.5 An element for sensing local shear stress is positioned in a flat plate 1 meter from the leading edge. The element simply consists of a small plate, 1x1cm, mounted flush to the wall, and the shear force is measured on the plate. The fluid flowing by the plate is air with a free stream velocity of 30 m/s, a density of 1.2 kg/m3 and a kinematic viscosity of 1.5E-5 m2/s. The boundary layer is tripped at the leading edge, what is the magnitude of the force due to shear stress acting on the element.

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