MEC 2910: Fluid Mechanics Tutorial Sheet - 6 1) A boundary layer is a thin region (usually along a wall) in which viscous

forces are significant and within which the flow is rotational. Consider a boundary layer growing along a thin flat plate as shown in the figure. The flow is steady. The boundary layer thickness at any downstream distance x is a function of x, free-stream velocity V and fluid properties (density) and (viscosity). Use the method of repeating variables to generate a dimensionless relationship for as a function of the other parameters. Show all your work. 2) Consider fully developed Coutte flow- flow between two infinite parallel plates separated by a distance h, with the top plate moving and the bottom plate stationary as illustrated in the figure. The flow is steady, incompressible, and two-dimensional in the xy-plane. Use the method of repeating variables to generate a dimensionless relationship for the xcomponent of the fluid velocity u as a function of , V, h, , and distance y.

3) Consider a tiny aerosol particle of shown in the figure. Use dimensional analysis analysis to generate a relationship for V as a function of DP, , g and the density difference (P ).

4) An incompressible fluid flows through a horizontal round pipe as shown in the figure. Using the method of dimensional analysis, develop a relationship for the drop in pressure P (=P1 P2) and other parameters in the problem.

5) A solid cubical block rests partially submerged on the bottom of a river as shown in the figure. The drag force, FD, on the block depends on the river depth, d, the block dimension, h, the stream velocity, V, the fluid density, , and the acceleration of gravity, g. (i) Perform a dimensional analysis for this problem. (ii) The drag is to be determined from a model study using a length scale of 1/5. What model velocity should be used to predict the drag on the prototype located in a river with a velocity of 2.74 m/s? Water is to be used for the model fluid. 6) Determine the pressure drop per 100-m length of a horizontal 0.20-m-diameter cast iron water pipe when the average velocity is 1.7 m/s. 7) Water at 15C (=999.1 kg/m3 and =1.138 x 10-3 kg/m) is flowing steadily in a 30-mlong and 5-cm-diameter horizontal pipe made of stainless steel at a rate of 9 L/s. Determine (a) the pressure drop, (b) the head loss, and (c) the pumping power requirement to overcome this pressure drop. 8) Water at 10C flows from a large reservoir to a small one through a 5-cm-diameter cast iron piping system, as shown in the figure. Determine the elevation z1 for a flow rate of 6 L/s.

9) Water at 60 F ( = 1.94 slug/ft3 and = 2.34 x 10-5 lbfs/ft2) flows from the basement to the second floor through the 0.75-in. (0.0625-ft)-diameter copper pipe (a drawn tubing) at a rate of Q = 12.0 gal/min = 0.0267 ft3/s and exits through a faucet of diameter 0.50 in. as shown in the figure Determine the pressure at point (1) if both major and minor losses are included.