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Code No: R5210106 R5

II B.Tech I Semester(R05) Supplementary Examinations, November 2010


FLUID MECHANICS
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Distinguish between


i. Specific weight and specific volume
ii. Density and Relative Density
iii. Adhesion and cohesion
iv. Dynamic and Kinematic viscosities
(b) An object having an area of 1.2m2 is sliding down an inclined plane at 400 to the horizontal with
a velocity of 0.42m/sec. There is a thin film of fluid 2.2 mm thick between the sliding object and
the plane. If the weight of the object is given by 320 N, find the viscosity of the fluid. [8+8]
2. (a) Find the total pressure force and the depth of centre of pressure on an inclined plane surface
submerged in a liquid.
(b) A trapezoidal plate of top width 6m, bottom width 5m and height 3.5m is immersed vertically in
water with its parallel sides parallel to the water level and its top edge is at a depth of 2.5m below
the water level. Find the water thrust an one side of the plate and depth of centre of pressure.
[8+8]
3. (a) Explain one, two and three dimensional flows.
(b) What is a stream tube, what are its characteristics?
(c) Given the following two dimensional velocity field U = 3 by + 4 ax and V = 3bx - 4ay Evaluate
the stream and velocity potential functions. [3+4+9]
4. (a) Define potential head, velocity head and datum head.
(b) List out the assumptions and limitations of Bernoulli?s equation.
(c) 360 liters per second of water is flowing in a pipe. The pipe is bent by 1200 The diameters at the
inlet and outlet of the bend being 360 mm 240 mm respectively and volume of the bend is 0.14m3
. The pressure at the entrance is 72KN/m2 and the exit is 2.4m above the entrance section. Find
the force exerted by water on the bend. [3+3+10]
5. (a) What are the boundary conditions that must be satisfied by a given velocity profile in laminar
boundary layer flows.
(b) Describe von-karman momentum integral equation.
(c) A smooth flat plate of length 5m and width 2m is moving with a velocity of 4m/sec in stationary
air of density as 1.25KG/m3 and kinematic viscosity 1.5 × 10−5 m2 / sec Determine thickness of
the boundary layer at the trailing edge of the smooth plate. Find the total drag on one side of
the plate assuming that the boundary layer is turbulent from the very beginning. [8+8]
6. (a) Prove that the velocity distribution for viscous flow between two parallel plates when both plates
are fixed across a section parabolic in nature. Also phone that maximum velocity is equal to one
and half times the average velocity.
(b) Water is flowing between two large parallel plates which are 2 mm apart. Determine maximum
velocity, pressure drop per unit length and the shear stress at walls of the plate if the average
velocity is 0.4 m/sec. Take viscosity of water as 0.01 poise. [8+8]
7. (a) Derive the Darcy - Weisbach equation for friction head loss in a pipe .
(b) Water is flowing through a horizantal pipe line 1500m long and 200 mm in diameter. Pressures
at the two ends of the pipe line are respectively 12 kpa and 2 kpa. If f = 0.015, determine the
discharge through the pipe in litres per minute. Consider only frictional loss. [8+8]
8. (a) Describe the principle and working of orifice meter with the help of a neat sketch.
(b) In a calibration test of an orifice meter of with orifice diameter 4 cm is inserted in a pipe of 10
cm diameter. The mercury differential U-gauge connected to the meter gives a reading of 38 cm
when 7.5 lit/sec of water flows through the meter. Compute the coefficient of discharge. [8+8]

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