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CHE 530 Fall 2015

Homework #5: The Navier-Stokes Equations
Due: Friday, 10-2-15 by 9:30 AM
Note: Please print this coversheet and staple it to the front of your homework.
1) A rectangular duct extends in the z-direction for a length L and has a rectangular cross-section
of width 2W and height 2h.

z$

y=h$

y$

1$cm$

x$

2h$=$1$cm$

x=W$

3$cm$

A) Write the appropriate forms of both the continuity and Navier-Stokes equations for this
problem. Simplify them in accordance with the physical situation.
B) Assuming that the width of the duct is much larger than the height, find the approximate
velocity distribution for steady, laminar flow.
C) If the viscous liquid flowing through the duct has a viscosity of 5 cP and a density of 1.1
g/cm3, what pressure drop will be required to provide a Reynolds number of 2200?
2) Consider the case of fully developed laminar flow of a Newtonian fluid in a straight duct of
length L and having a cross-section of triangular shape bounded by the plane surfaces:

A) Write the appropriate forms of the momentum equation and boundary conditions for this
flow.
B) If the solution for the velocity profile is of the form
! = 3 ! !
Where K is a constant, determine K in terms of the parameters of the problem.

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3) Consider steady, continuous, incompressible, and fully developed laminar flow of a Newtonian
fluid in an infinitely long round pipe of diameter D inclined at an angle . The fluid is not open to
the atmosphere and flows down the pipe due to an applied pressure gradient and from gravity.
Derive an expression for the wall shear stress using the the Equation of Motion or the NavierStokes equation.

4) In a velocity field given by vx = 400(y/L)2, vy = 400(x/L)2, vz = 0, determine expressions for

pressure gradients in x and y at the point (L,2L). The y-axis is vertical, the fluid density is , and
the flow may be considered inviscid.