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No 1.

Group 1
A laboratory wind tunnel has a test section that is 305 mm square.
Boundary-layer velocity profiles are measured at two cross-sections and
displacement thicknesses are evaluated from the measured profiles. At
section 1, where the freestream speed is U1 = 26 m/s, the displacement
thickness is * = 1.5 mm. At section 2, located downstream from section
1, * = 2.1 mm. Calculate the change in static pressure between sections
1 and 2. Express the result as a fraction of the freestream dynamic
pressure at section 1. Assume standard atmosphere conditions. Why can
you assume that for freestream, the Bernoulli equation is applicable?

No 2. Group 1
A mixture of spherical particles of two materials A and B is to be separated using a rising
stream of liquid. The size range of both materials is 1540 m. (a) Show that a complete
separation is not possible using water as the liquid. The particle densities for materials A and
B are 7700 and 2400 kg/m3, respectively. (b) Which fluid property must be changed to
achieve complete separation? Assume Stokes law applies. We assume that the
particle is small enough to consider the time and distance for its
acceleration to terminal velocity to be negligible. (c) Some of particles in
complete separation undergo terminal velocity. If you are required to
calculate time and distance for acceleration towards terminal velocity on
those particles, how much are those values?
No 3. Group 2.
For laminar flow over a flat plate, a reasonable assumption for the velocity profile is a
polynomial in y: u = a + by + cy2. The physical boundary conditions are:
1 at y = 0; u = 0
2 at y = ; u = U, where U is the freestream flow approaching the plate in parallel
direction.
3 at y = ; u = uy
a. Find constants a, b and c as functions of =y/.
b. Find an equation u/U as a function of
c. Find w as a function of U and
d. Find cf as a function of Rex.
No 4. Group 2.
(a) Estimate the terminal velocity for 0.160 mm diameter particles of limestone ( = 2800
kg/m3) falling in water at 40oC. (b) How much higher would the velocity be in a centrifugal
separator where the acceleration is 40g (40 times gravity acceleration)? (c) In which regions
are the particles moving in gravitational field and in centrifugal field?
No 5. Group 3

Consider two-dimensional laminar boundary-layer flow along a flat plate. Assume the
velocity profile in the boundary layer is sinusoidal, u/U = sin (/2 y/) where U is a constant.
Find:
a The boundary layer thickness, , as a function of x. Use momentum integral equation
involving w.
b The displacement thickness, *, as a function of x. What is your interpretation about this
relationship?
c The total friction force on a plate of length L and width b as a function of ReL.
No 6. Group 3
Calculate the upper limit of particle diameter dpmax as a function of particle density p for
gravity sedimentation in the Stokes law regime. Make graphs of the results as dpmax versus p
over the range 0 < p < 5000 kg/m3 for settling or rising the particle in water and in air at
ambient conditions. Assume that the particles are spherical and that Stokes law holds for Rep
< 0.3.
No 7. Group 4
A measured dimensionless laminar boundary layer profile for flow past a flat plate is given in
the table below. Use the momentum integral equation to determine the 99% boundary layer
thickness. Compare your result with the exact (Blasius) result.
y/
0.00
0.08
0.16
0.24
0.32
0.40
0.48
0.56
0.64
0.72
0.80
0.88
0.96
1.00

u/U
0.00
0.133
0.265
0.394
0.517
0.630
0.729
0.811
0.876
0.923
0.956
0.976
0.988
1.000

No 8. Group 4
Calculate the time for the drop of water of 5 m in diameter falling through air at 20C to
accelerate from an initial velocity of zero to 0.99 x terminal velocity. Density of water = 999
kg/m3, density and viscosity of air are 1.250 kg/m3 and 0.01817 cP respectively. Make the
same calculation but for the drop of glycerine. What is your interpretation about the
acceleration of both liquid drops?

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