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QUESTION ONE (General questions) (Mark: 12)

A) Briefly discuss the following terminology:

a) Stagnation pressure, piezometric pressure, and static pressure (1.5)
b) Intensive, extensive and specific properties (1.5)
c) Transient system (1)
d) Uniform and non-uniform flow (1)
e) The Bernoulli equation (what is it, and what are its limitations?). (1)
f) Cavitation phenomenon (1)
g) Laminar and turbulent flow (1)

B) If t is time, is density, p is pressure, u is velocity, x is distance, which equation is

dimensionally homogenous? Evaluate both equations (4)

QUESTION TWO (Mark: 10)

The pressure of water flowing through a pipe is measured by the arrangement shown in the
following figure. For the values given, calculate the pressure in the pipe.
Hint: SG means the fluid specific gravity

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QUESTION THREE (Mark: 15)

The rigid gate, OAB, is hinged at O and rests against a rigid support at B. What minimum
horizontal force, P, is required to hold the gate closed if its width into the page is 3 m? Neglect the
weight of the gate and friction in the hinge. The back of the gate is exposed to the atmosphere.
Assume T=10° C

QUESTION FOUR (Mark: 10)

A manometer is rotated around one leg, as shown. The difference in elevation between the liquid
surfaces in the legs is 20 cm. The radius of the rotating arm is 10 cm. The liquid in the manometer
is oil with a specific gravity of 0.8. Find the acceleration in the leg with greatest amount of oil.

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QUESTION FIVE (Mark: 10)

Air flows through a pipe at a rate of 200 L/s (liter per second). The pipe consists of two sections of
diameters 20 cm and 10 cm with a smooth reducing section that connects them. The pressure
difference between the two pipe sections is measured by a water manometer. Neglecting frictional
effects, determine the differential height of water between the two pipe sections. Take the air
density to be 1.20 kg/m3.

QUESTION SIX (Mark: 15)

The 6-cm-diameter 20°C water jet in the following figure strikes a plate containing a hole of 4-cm
diameter. Part of the jet passes through the hole, and part is deflected. Determine the horizontal
force required to hold the plate.

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QUESTION SEVEN (Mark: 15)

The system in the following figure consists of 1200 m of 5 cm cast iron pipe, two 45° and four 90°
flanged long-radius elbows, a fully open flanged globe valve, and a sharp exit into a reservoir. If the
elevation at point 1 is 400 m, what gage pressure is required at point 1 to deliver 0.005 m3/s of
water at 20°C into the reservoir?
Use the following coefficients to calculate head loss in fittings and valves
45° Long radius Elbow K=0.2
90° Long radius Elbow K=0.3
Open Flanged globe valve K=8.5
Submerged exit K=1

QUESTION EIGHT (Mark: 13)

A) The discharge in a trapezoidal channel is 10 m3/s. The bottom width of the channel is 3.0 m, and
the side slopes are 1 vertical to 1 horizontal. If the depth of flow is 1.0 m, is the flow supercritical or
subcritical? (5)
Froude number:
B) The spillway shown has a discharge of 2.5 m3/s per meter of width occurring over it. What
depth y2 will exist downstream of the hydraulic jump? Assume negligible energy loss over the
spillway. (8)

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