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

2014/2015

Session

201505

Lecturer

: UEME 2123

Dr. Bee Soo Tueen/ Mr. Chong

: Kok Chung/ Mr P. Prakas A/L

S.Palanychamy

Tutorial 2 (Chapter 3: Fluids in Motion The Bernoulli Equation)

1) A person holds her hand out of an open car window while the car drives through still air at
105 km/r. Under standard temperature atmospheric conditions, what is the maximum pressure on
her hand? What would be the maximum pressure if the car were an Indy 500 racer travelling at
354 km/h?
2) Water flows from a pressurized tank, through a 15 cm diameter pipe, exits from a 5 cm
diameter nozzle, and rises 6 m above the nozzle as shown in the figure. Determine the pressure
in the tank if the flow is steady, frictionless and incompressible.

3) For the pipe enlargement shown in the figure, the pressures at sections (1) and (2) are 388.2
kPa and 401.3 kPa, respectively. Determine the weight flowrate (N/s) of the gasoline in the pipe.

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4) A 0.15 m diameter pipe discharges into a 0.1 m diameter pipe. Determine the velocity head
in each pipe if they are carrying 0.12 m3/s of kerosene.
5)

Determine the flowrate through the pipe in the figure shown below.

6) Air flows through the device shown in the following figure. If the flowrate is large enough,
the pressure within the constriction will be low enough to draw the water up into the tube.
Determine the flowrate, Q, and the pressure needed at section (1) to draw the water into section
(2). Neglect compressibility and viscous effect.

(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.

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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.

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.

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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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