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1. The power, P, required to run a pump that moves fluid within a piping system is
dependent upon the volume flowrate, Q, density, , impeller diameter, d, angular
velocity, , and fluid viscosity, . Find the number of PI terms for this relationship.
3. Water sloshes back and forth in a tank as shown in Fig. P7.13. The frequency of
sloshing,, is assumed to be a function of the acceleration of gravity, g, the
average depth of the water, h, and the length of the tank, l. Develop a suitable set
of dimensionless parameters for this problem using g and as l repeating
variables.
4. A thin elastic wire is placed between rigid supports. A fluid flows past the wire,
and it is desired to study the static deflection, , at the center of the wire due to
the fluid drag. Assume that
where l is the wire length, d the wire diameter, the fluid density, the fluid
viscosity, V the fluid velocity, and E the modulus of elasticity of the wire material.
Develop a suitable set of pi terms for this problem.
5. A cone and plate viscometer consists of a cone with a very small angle which
rotates above a flat surface as shown in Fig. P7.21. The torque, T, required to
rotate the cone at an angular velocity is a function of the radius, R, the cone
angle, , and the fluid viscosity, , in addition to . With the aid of dimensional
analysis, determine how the torque will change if both the viscosity and angular
velocity are doubled.