NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROURKELA

MID - TERM EXAMINATION, 2018

SESSION: 2017 – 2018 (Spring)
B. Tech. 6th Semester
Subject code: CH-310 Subject Name: Transport Phenomena Dept. Code: CH
No. of pages: 02 Full Marks: 30 Duration: 2 Hours
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This question paper contains two pages

All the terms have usual meaning.
Q. Question Marks
No.
1. 7+3
A solid sphere of radius R is rotating slowly at a constant angular
velocity  in a large body of quiescent fluid. Develop expressions for
the velocity distributions in the fluid and for the torque Tz required to
maintain the motion. It is assumed that the sphere rotates sufficiently
slowly that it is appropriate to use the creeping flow condition

2. Two immiscible, incompressible liquids are flowing in the z-direction in a horizontal thin slit of length 10
L and width W under the influence of a horizontal pressure gradient  p0  p L  L . The fluid rates are
adjusted so that the slit is half filled with fluid I (the more dense phase) and rest half filled with fluid II
(the less dense phase). The fluids are flowing sufficiently slowly. Using only shell-balance method,
develop the equations for shear stress and velocity distributions in each layer. Also calculate the average
velocity in each layer. Find out the distance at which the shear stress is zero.
3 Oil is flowing down a vertical wall as a film of 1.7 mm thick. The oil density is 820 kg/m3 and viscosity 7+3
is 0.20 Pa.s. Calculate the average velocity and mass flow rate per unit width of the wall film. Take
proper assumptions while developing the momentum balance equation using only shell balance
approach.

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