NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS OF SESSIONAL TEST I

B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) III Semester, 2014-15

Time: 60 min. NCE-301: Fluid Mechanics Max. Marks: 30
PART A (4 X 2.5 = 10 Marks)
Answer ALL the Questions
3. Calculate mass density, weight density and specific volume of one litre of an oil having
specific gravity 0.9.
Solution:
Volume = 1 litre = 0.001 sq. m.
Mass Density of oil, = 0.9 * Mass Density of water = 0.9*1000 = 900 kg/m3
Weight Density of Oil = * g = 900*9.81 = 8829 N/m
3
Specific Volume = 1/ = 0.00111 m
3
/kg
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4. Find the density of a metallic body, which floats at the interface of mercury of sp. Gravity
13.6 and water such that 40% of its volume is submerged in mercury and 60% in water.
Solution:
Weight of the body = Weight of water displaced + Weight of mercury displaced
*9.81*V = 0.6V*9.81*1000 + 0.4V*13600*9.81,
where V=Volume of the body, = density of the body
= (0.6*1000)+(0.4*13600) = 6040 kg/m
3


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PART B (2 X 5 = 10 Marks)
Answer ALL the Questions
5. In figure, the liquids at A and B are water and oil, respectively and the manometer liquid
is mercury. h1= 10 cm, h2= 3 cm and h3= 11 cm. Calculate head difference hA-hB in terms
of cm of water. Take specific weight of oil as 9000 N/m
3
.

Solution: hA+ h1 = hB+ specific gravity of Oil*h3+ specific gravity of Hg*h2
hA+10= hB+ (9000/9810)*11+ (13.6*3)
hA- hB = 40. 89 cm of water
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6. A two dimensional flow field is given by 4x
3
y i-6x
2
y
2
j. Determine the velocity and
acceleration at a point x=2, y=1.
Solution:
u = 4x
3
y and v = -6x
2
y
2
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Velocity, V=(u
2
+v
2
)
=(4x2
3
x1)
2
+(-6x2
2
x1
2
)
2

=(32)
2
+(24)
2
=(1024)+(576)
=1600
=40 units
Acceleration components,
a

ax= (4x
3
y).(12x
2
y)+( -6x
2
y
2
).(4x
3
) = (48x
5
y
2
)-(24x
5
y
2
) = 24x
5
y
2
= 768
ay=(4x
3
y).(-12xy
2
) + (-6x
2
y
2
).(-12x
2
y) = (-48x
4
y
3
) + (72x
4
y
3
)
=24 x
4
y
3
= 384
Acceleration, a = ax
2
+ ay
2
=(768)
2
+(384)
2
= 858.65 units
PART C (1 X 10 = 10 Marks)
Answer ANY ONE of the following Questions
7. A circular plate 4 m diameter is immersed in water in such a way that its greatest and least
depth below the free surface are 4 m and 2 m respectively. Determine the total pressure
on one face of the plate and position of the center of pressure.

= Sin
-1
(4-2)/4 = 30
0
Og =2 + (2 / Sin 30
0
) = 6 m,
Vertical distance of Centre of Gravity from free liquid surface
h = 6 x Sin 30
0
= 3.0 m
Total Pressure Force on one face of plate, F = w h A
= 9.81 x 1000 x 3.0 x /4 x 4
2
= 369.97 x 1000 N.
Vertical distance of Centre of Pressure from free liquid surface
(h
*
) = h+ Igg Sin
2
/h A = 3.0 + (/64 x 4
4
) x Sin
2
(30
0
)/ (3.0 x
/4 x 4
2
) = 3.083 m.

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