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Fluid Mech Problems

This document contains 18 physics and chemistry problems related to fluid mechanics and properties. Some examples include: 1) Calculating density, specific weight, and gravitational force given mass and volume of jet fuel. 2) Determining viscosity between parallel plates moving at a specified speed and requiring a given force. 3) Finding dynamic viscosity of an oil used for lubrication between plates based on given plate size, velocity, thickness, and required force. 4) Calculating properties like bulk modulus, surface tension, capillary rise, specific gravity and viscosity for various liquids on heating, cooling, applying pressure and based on tube and droplet sizes. The problems cover concepts like density, viscosity, surface tension

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Fluid Mech Problems

This document contains 18 physics and chemistry problems related to fluid mechanics and properties. Some examples include: 1) Calculating density, specific weight, and gravitational force given mass and volume of jet fuel. 2) Determining viscosity between parallel plates moving at a specified speed and requiring a given force. 3) Finding dynamic viscosity of an oil used for lubrication between plates based on given plate size, velocity, thickness, and required force. 4) Calculating properties like bulk modulus, surface tension, capillary rise, specific gravity and viscosity for various liquids on heating, cooling, applying pressure and based on tube and droplet sizes. The problems cover concepts like density, viscosity, surface tension

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1. A certain type of jet fuel in a 1.25 m^3 container has a mass of 969 kg. Find; mass density,
specific weight, and gravitational force.
2. Calculate the density, specific weight and weight of 1 liter of petrol of specific gravity of 0.7.
3. A plate 0.025 mm distance from a fixed plate moves at 60 cm/s and requires a force of 2N per
unit area (2 N/m^2) to maintain this speed. Determine the fluid viscosity between the plates.
4. A flat plate of area 1.5x10^6 mm² is pulled with a speed of 0.4 m/s relative to one another plate
located at a distance of 0.15mm from it. Find the force and power required to maintain this
speed, if the fluid separating them is having a viscosity as 1 poise.
5. The space between two square flat parallel plate is filled with oil, each side of the plate is 60 cm.
The thickness of oil film is 12.5 mm the upper plate which moves at 2.5 m per seconds requires a
force of 98.1N to maintain its speed. Determine: dynamic and kinematic viscosity.
6. If the velocity distribution over a plate is given by u = 2/3y – y^2 in which u is the velocity in
meter per second at a distance y meter above the plate, determine the shear stress at y=0 and
y=0.15m. Take dynamic viscosity of fluid as 8.63 poises.
7. Determine the intensity of shear of an oil having viscosity-1 poise. The oil is used for lubricating
the clearance between a shaft of diameter 10cm and its journal bearing. The clearance is 1.5
mm and the shaft rotates at 150 r.p.m.
8. Calculate the dynamic viscosity of an oil, which is used for lubricating between a square plate of
size 0.8m x 0.8m and an inclined plane with angle of inclination 30 degrees as shown in Fig.1.4.
The weight of the square plate is 300N and it slides down the inclined plane with a uniform
velocity of 0.3 m/s. The thickness of oil film is 1.5 mm.
9. Determine the Bulk modulus of elasticity of a liquid, which is compressed in a cylinder from a
volume of 0.0125 cu.m. at 80N/cm^2 pressure to a volume of 0.0124 cu.m. at 150N/cm^2
pressure?
10. Determine the bulk modulus of elasticity of a liquid, if the pressure of the liquid is increased
from 70N/cm^2 to 130 N/cm^2. The volume of the liquid decrease by 0.15 percent.
11. The surface tension of water in contact with air at 20°C is 0.0725 N/m. The pressure inside a
droplet of water is to be 0.02N/cm^2 greater than the outside pressure. Calculate the diameter
of the droplet of water.
12. Find the surface tension in a soap bubble of 40mm diameter when the inside pressure is
2.5N/m^2 above atmospheric pressure.
13. Calculate the capillary rise in a glass tube of 2.5 mm diameter when vertically in (a.) water (b.)
immersed mercury. Take surface tension o=0.0725 N/m for water and o-0.52 N/m for mercury
in contact with air. The specific gravity for mercury is given as 13.6 and angle of contact =130°.
14. The pressure outside the droplet of water of diameter 0.04mm is 10.32 N/cm^2 (atmospheric
pressure). Calculate the pressure within the droplet if surface tension is given as 0.0725 N/m of
water.
15. Find the minimum size of glass tube that can be used to measure water level if the capillary rise
in the tube is to be restricted to 2mm. Consider surface tension of water in contact with air as
0.073575 N/m.
16. One liter of crude oil weighs 9.6 N. Calculate its specific weight, density and specific gravity.
17. Find the capillary rise of water in a tube 0.03 cm diameter. The surface tension of water is
0.0735 N/m.
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18. Determine the specific gravity of a fluid having a viscosity 0.07 poise and kinematic viscosity of
0.042 stokes.

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