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Problem 7.1 Problem 7.2

A 150 mm diameter Venturi meter is installed in a 450 mm A vertical Venturi meter, 150 mm in diameter is connected to a
diameter water main. The deflection of mercury in the differential 300-mm diameter pipe. The vertical distance from the inlet to the
manometer connected from the inlet to the throat is 375 mm. (a) throat is 750 mm. If the deflection of the mercury in the
determine the discharge neglecting head loss, (b) compute the differential manometer connected from the inlet to the throat is
discharge if the head lost from the inlet to the throat is 300 mm of 360 mm, determine the flow of water through the meter
water, and (c) what is the meter coefficient? coefficient is 0.68. Determine also the head lost from the inlet to
ans. a. 0.171 m3/sec b. 0.1657 m3/sec, c. 0.968 the throat.
ans. 0.117 m3/sec, 2.442 m

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Problem 7.3 ME Oct 1995 Problem 7.4 CE Nov 2001

A venturimeter with a 10.16cm throat is installed in a 15.24cm pipe Water flows through a horizontal venturimeter whose inlet
which is inclined upward at an angle of 45 degrees to the diameter is 31cm and throat diameter is 19cm. The pressure at the
horizontal. If the distance between pressure taps along the pipe is inlet is 755 kPa and at the outlet is 550 kPa. Determine the
1.5, the difference in pressure is 70 kPa, and the water temperature discharge in m3/s. Neglect head lost.
is 70oC, what is the discharge of water in m3/sec? Assume A. 0.73 C. 0.89
coefficient of 0.985. B. 0.97 D. 0.62

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Problem 7.5 Problem 7.6

A glass tube with a 90o bend is open at both ends. It is inserted into A pitot-static tube is used to measure air speed. With water in the
a flowing stream of oil (sp. gr. = 0.90) so that one of the opening is differential manometer and a gage difference of 75 mm, calculate
directed upstream and the other is directed upward. If the oil inside the air speed using density of air as 1.16 kg/m3.
the tube is 50 mm higher than the outside surface, determine the ans. 35.6 m/s
velocity of flow.
ans. 0.99 m/sec

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Problem 7.7 CE May 1994 Problem 7.8 CE Nov 1999

A 1.25 cm diameter orifice, in a vertical wall of a tank under a A closed cylindrical tank contains 2.5m of water. A 100-mm
constant head of 5.5m discharges 0.45 cubic meter in 9.5 minutes. circular orifice is situated 0.5m from its bottom. What air pressure
Find the coefficient of discharge. must be maintained in the air space in order to discharge water at
10 hp?

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Problem 7.9 CE Nov 2000 Problem 7.10 CE May 2001

An orifice located at the vertical side of a large tank is 8m from the Water flows through an orifice at the vertical side of a large tank
level ground. How long will it take for the water to reach the under a constant head of 2.4m. How far horizontally from the
ground after opening the orifice? vena contrata will the jet strikes the ground 1.5m below the
A. 1.87 sec C. 1.77 sec orifice?
B. 1.52 sec D. 1.28 sec A. 2.56 m C. 4.92 m
B. 3.79 m D. 1.54 m

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Problem 7.11 CE Nov 1997 Problem 7.12 CE Nov 1997

A water tank with diameter 3m is filled with water. If the water The nozzle which drives the hydraulic turbine is 200mm in
level is 2.3m above a nozzle, what is the velocity of water coming diameter and has coefficients of velocity and discharge of 0.98
out of the nozzle? Neglect losses. and 0.65 respectively. The nozzle is supplied from a 60cm
diameter pipe in which the flow has a total head of 250m. What is
the discharge from the nozzle?

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Problem 7.13 CE May 1998 Problem 7.14 CE May 1996

A nozzle situated at ground level issues a jet inclined at 30 degrees A water tank with diameter 3m is filled with water. If the water
with a velocity of 12m/sec.How long will it take before the jet hits level is 2m above the nozzle and the nozzle is 5m above the
the ground? ground, how long will it hit the ground?

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Problem 7.15 CE May 1998 Problem 7.16 CE Nov 1998

A large cylindrical steel tank 4 m high with its bottom on a level A circular orifice is located 5 m below the water surface. If the
ground contains two layers of liquid. The bottom layer is water 2 tank is large and the diameter of the orifice is 5mm, calculate the
meters deep. The top layer is occupied by a liquid whose specific discharge in cubic meters per second coefficient of discharge is
gravity is not known to a depth of 1 meter. A 50 mm diameter 0.60.
orifice with coefficient of velocity of 0.98 is situated one meter
from the bottom of the tank. The jet from the orifice hits the
ground 2.75 m horizontally away from the vena contrata.
Determine the specific gravity of the liquid at the top layer.

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Problem 7.17 CE Nov 1999 Problem 7.18 CE May 2000

A water tank has an orifice located at its vertical side. The depth of Water flows through an orifice at the vertical side of water tank
water above the orifice is 4.3m. How far horizontally from the vena under a total head of H. The jet strikes a point 2.5m below the
contrata will the jet of water strike the horizontal ground 4.3m orifice and 3.5m horizontally away from the vena contrata. What
below the centerline? is the value of the head?
A. 0.85 m C. 0.72 m
B. 0.54 m D. 0.63 m

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Problem 7.19 CE Nov 2000 Problem 7.20 CE Nov 2001

A nozzle inclined at an angle of 60 degrees with the horizontal Water flows through a horizontal nozzle located at the vertical
issues a 50-mm diameter water jet at the rate of 10 m/s. Neglecting side of a large tank under a constant head of 3m. The nozzle is
air resistance, what is the area of the jet at the highest point of the located 10m above the ground. Determine the time for the water
projectile? to reach the ground after leaving the nozzle.
A. 0.00311 m2 C. 0.00322 m2 A. 1.02 sec C. 1.43 sec
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B. 0.00231 m D. 0.00393 m2 B. 0.78 sec D. 2.87 sec

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