CE 15 – Fluid Mechanics for Civil Engineering I Dec.

11, 2018
1st Semester, A.Y. 2018-2019 Laboratory Experiment 3 (TVW)

Kinematic Viscosity Calculation of Oil

Through Oil Pipe Assembly
ALBERT J. MANUZON*
LESTER JAY V. OLLERO
MARY JOYCE D.C. DELOS REYES
Institute of Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman
*E-mail: albert.manuzon06@gmail.com

Submitted to:
Roberto S. Soriano, PhD
Assistant Professor, Institute of Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract:

Keywords: head loss, laminar flow, viscous effect, kinematic viscosity

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

h L,1−2=h1−h2 (1)
where h1 and h2 are the heights of the fluid in
manometer 1 and manometer 2 respectively.

hL ,1−2 +…+h L, 7−8

hL, average = (2)
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∆W
Q= (3)
ρg ∆ t
where Q is the volumetric flow rate in m3/s
ρ is the density of the fluid in kg/m3
g is the acceleration due to gravity
∆ W is the accumulated weight of the
free-flowing oil in N
∆ t is the duration of the free-flowing
fluid in seconds

32 μVL
hL = 2 (4)
γD
where μ is the dynamic viscosity of the oil
V is the velocity of the flowing oil
L is the length of the pipe
γ is the specific weight of oil
D is the diameter of the pipe

μ= ρν (5)
where μ is the dynamic viscosity
ν is the kinematic viscosity
vD
ℜ= (6)
ν

3. EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP
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 each trial were less than 2000. Hence we can say that
the flow is laminar.
It can be assumed that errors have
propagated throughout the experiment, both
4. RESULTS AND DATA ANALYSIS systematic and random. The group didn’t take into
account the temperature during the experiment. The
The experiment consists of five trials. Each trial systematic error that can be observed in this
values of head losses across the pipe were measured using experiment is the least count of the manometer bank,
the manometer bank. The change of weight per definite time the group can only read with least count of 5 mm
is also recorded. The assumption was, the flow is steady, which will affect the calculated head loss in each
incompressible, and viscous in the pipe. The cross-sectional segments hence it will affect the computed kinematic
area is also constant throughout the pipe. The pressure drop viscosity.
is governed by the Hagen- Poiseuille equation.

Table 1. Head Losses at Each Segment of the Pipe 5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Head Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 4 Trial 5
Loss
BIBLIOGRAPHY
h 1-2 115 155 150 140 110 1) Bautista, D. CE 15: Laboratory Experiment 3
Determination of Fluid Kinematic Viscosity PDF file]
h 2-3 110 150 135 135 100 Retrieved 08 December 2018
h 3-4 110 145 135 125 105
2. Bautista, D. CE 15: Fluid Mechanics I Lecture 12 :
h 4-5 110 140 130 125 110 Internal Viscous effects, Laminar and Turbulent Flow[PDF
file] 08 December 2018
h 5-6 110 140 130 120 100
h 6-8 110 140 130 120 105 3) Crowe, C. T. et. al. (2009) Engineering Fluid
Mechanics, 9th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
h 7 -8 110 140 130 120 105
h 8-9 No observable readings
h 9-10 No observable readings
Avera 110.714 144.286 134.286 126.426 105
ge

From table 1, the head losses at each segment were

lose each other as supported by the Hagen – Poiseuille
Equation. The distance between adjacent taps were given
(0.61m) and the corresponding head loss for each were
computed using equation 1. The deviation in the pressure
drop is due to random and systematic equations.

Table 2. Computed Values of Velocity, Kinematic

Viscosity and Reynolds Number

Tria Q V hL v Re Lami
l nar?
1 0.00033 0.97435 0.11071 2.5021x1 817.7 Yes
7 4 4 0^-05 717
2 0.00044 1.27940 0.14428 2.4747E- 1085. Yes
3 2 6 05 686
3 0.00040 1.16136 0.13428 2.549E- 956.7 Yes
2 5 6 05 871
4 0.00038 1.10169 0.12642 2.5146E- 920.0 Yes
2 9 6 05 41
5 0.00032 0.94769 0.105 2.3887E- 833.1 Yes
8 2 05 397

From table 2, we computed for th experimental

values for the discharge and velocity using equations (3) and
(4) respectively. Kinematic viscosity is then computed using
equation (5). This value will be used in equation (6) to
verify if the flow is laminar. All the Reynolds number in

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