CPE 511 Homework #11

Due Wednesday November 27, 2018

1. We are designing a new paint and need to specify its viscous properties. It will be sprayed on
a wall with a uniform thickness of 0.005 in. Like all paints, it will harden by evaporation of its
solvent, so that its viscosity will increase rapidly with time as the solvent evaporates. We are
only concerned with the problem of the paint running down the wall (called “sagging” in the
paint industry) for the first few minutes after application. The density of the paint as applied is
70 lbm/ft3. For this problem only, you may assume that paint is a Newtonian fluid. Our paint
experts tell us that there will be no visible sagging if, when the paint is first applied, the vertical
velocity due to gravity of downward flow of the paint surface exposed to air is less than or
equal to 0.2 in/min. To meet this specification, what viscosity must the paint have, as applied?
[This problem is similar to the flow down an inclined plane problem that we did in class and
you may use applicable equations without re-deriving them.]

2. The velocity profile for laminar flow in a horizontal annulus is given by:

 
Δp  2 2 R o2  R i2  R o 
ur    R o  r  ln 
4 μL   
  
ln R i r
  R o 

where Δp/L = -10 kPa/m is the pressure gradient, μ is the viscosity (of SAE 10 oil at 20°C—
which equals 0.1 N·s/m2 ), and Ro = 5 mm and Ri = 1 mm are the outer and inner radii,
respectively.

Find:
a) the volume flow rate
b) the average velocity
c) the maximum velocity.
d) Plot the velocity distribution.