Fluid Mechanics II

Mid-term
Tuesday 3 May 2011

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The mid-term will last 1 hour and 45 minutes.
This test is not mandatory. The marks of this test will count for 10% of your final grades if the score is better than
your final exam.
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You are permitted to use the textbook Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics by Munson et al. You are permitted to have
bookmarked, underlined, or highlighted formulae or text in your book. Any additional notes or supplementary material
(including handwritten comments in your book) are not allowed.
If you are found to have any additional notes in this examination you will be awarded a zero, asked to leave and be
subject to further action in accordance with the Universitys Academic Honesty and Plagiarism policies.
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Each question is worth 2 marks.
Write your final answer in the box provided at the end of each question.
Clearly and neatly show each step of your solution in the space provided. If your final answer is incorrect, you may
receive a maximum of 1 mark if your method is deemed to be correct.
If you have the correct answer but without showing each step of your solution, you will receive a mark of zero.
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Question 1
When can we make the assumption that a flow is incompressible ? (Keep your answer to a maximum of two sentences)

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Question 2
Using the graphical method to plot the streamlines (and potential lines) of the flow due to a line source of strength m at
(a, 0) plus a line source 3m at (a, 0). What is the flow pattern viewed from afar ?

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Question 3
An offshore power plant cooling-water intake sucks in 44 m3 /s in water 10 m deep as in Fig. 1. If the tidal velocity
approaching the intake is 0.2 m/s,
a) how far downstream does the intake effect extend (give the length a) and
b) how much width L of tidal flow is entrained into the intake ?

44 m /s

0.2 m/s

Figure 1 Water intake

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Question 4
A viscous liquid of constant density and viscosity falls due to gravity between two parallel plates a distance 2h apart, as
in Fig. 2. The flow is fully developed, that is, w = w(x) only. There are no pressure gradients, only gravity. Set up and solve
the Navier-Stokes equation for the velocity profile w(x).

Figure 2 Flow between two vertical parallel plates.

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Question 5
Two immiscible, incompressible, viscous fluids having the same densities but different viscosities are contained between
two infinite, horizontal, parallel plates (see Fig. 3). The bottom plate is fixed and the upper plate moves with a constant
velocity U . Determine the velocity at the interface uint . Express your answer in terms of U , 1 , 2 . The motion of the fluid is
caused entirely by the movement of the upper plate ; that is, there is no pressure gradient in the x-direction. Assume laminar
flow.

Figure 3 Two immiscible fluids between parallel plates

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