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Question 1: There exists an incompressible, ideal and permanent (steady) flow of water in the reservoir-pipe system as shown in the figure given below. Water is poured into the atmosphere from a horizontal pipe ABC. Taking the absolute atmospheric pressure as 9.81 N/cm
2and absolute vapor pressure as 0.23 N/cm
2:
a- Calculate the discharge of the system.
b- Without changing the discharge and letting the water evaporate, find the possible minimum value for the diameter of pipe B.
c- Draw the hydraulic and energy grade lines of the system.
d- Find the force that the flow exerts on the narrowing and expanding sections of the pipe choosing the control volume between cross-sections (I-I) and (II-II).
Solution 1:
If we write the BERNOULLI equation between O and C,
𝑍 0 + 𝑝 0
𝛾 + 𝑣 0 2
2𝑔 = 𝑍 𝐸 + 𝑝 𝐸
𝛾 + 𝑣 𝐸 2
2𝑔 1 + 0 + 0 = 0 + 0 + 𝑣 𝐸 2
2𝑔 → 𝑣 𝐸 2 = 2𝑔 → 𝑣 𝐸 = √19.62 → 𝑣 𝐸 = 4.42 𝑚 𝑠 ⁄ 𝑄 = 𝑣 𝐸 𝑥𝐴 𝐸 → 𝑄 = 4.42𝑥 (0.2) 2 𝜋
4 → 𝑄 = 0.14 𝑚 3 /𝑠 If we write the BERNOULLI equation between B and C,
𝑍 𝐵 + (𝑝 𝐵 ) 𝑚 𝛾 + 𝑣 𝐵 2
2𝑔 = 𝑍 𝐶 + 𝑝 𝐶 𝛾 + 𝑣 𝐶 2
2𝑔 0 + 0.23 + 𝑣 𝐵 2
2𝑔 = 0 + 10 + (4.42) 2
19.62 → 𝑣 𝐵 2 = → 𝑣 𝐵 = √211.30 → 𝑣 𝐵 = 14.54 𝑚 𝑠 ⁄ 𝑄 = 𝑣 𝐵 𝑥𝐴 𝐵 → 0.14 = 14.54𝑥 (𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑛 ) 2 𝜋
4 → 𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 0.14 𝑚
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Question 2: The velocity distribution on the cross-section of a pipe of 10 cm diameter is given in metric units as
2 2
400
U R r . Find the maximum velocity on the axis, discharge of the pipe and average velocity in the pipe.
Solution 2:
R=10 cm
𝑈 = 400(𝑅 2 − 𝑟 2 ) 𝑈 𝑚𝑎𝑥 =? ; 𝑄 =? ; 𝑉 =?
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑈 𝑚𝑎𝑥 𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑟 = 0 𝑈 𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 400((0.1) 2 − 0 2 ) = 4 𝑚 𝑠 ⁄ 𝑄 = ∫ 𝑢𝑑𝐴 ; 𝐴 = 𝜋𝑟 2 ; 𝑑𝐴 = 2𝜋𝑟𝑑𝑟
𝐴
𝑄 = ∫ 𝑢2𝜋𝑟𝑑𝑟 → 𝑄 = 2𝜋 ∫ 400((0.1) 2 − 0 2 )𝑟𝑑𝑟
0.1 0 𝑅
0
𝑄 = 2𝜋 ∫ 400𝑟(0.1) 2 𝑑𝑟 − 2𝜋 ∫ 400𝑟 3 𝑑𝑟 → 𝑄 = 0.0628 𝑚 3 ⁄ 𝑠
0.1 0 0.1
0
𝑉 = 0.0628
𝜋(0.1) 2 → 𝑉 = 2 𝑚 𝑠 ⁄
Question 3: Horizontal velocity measurements made by a pitot tube along a vertical line in the mid-sections of a wide channel is shown below. Calculate the channel’s discharge per unit width and its average discharge.
Solution 3:
𝑞 1 = 𝑣 1 𝐴 1 → 𝑞 1 = 1.60𝑥(1𝑥0.5) → 𝑞 1 = 1.6
2 𝑚 3 ⁄ . 𝑚 𝑠 𝑞 2 = 𝑣 2 𝐴 2 → 𝑞 2 = 2.50𝑥(1𝑥0.5) → 𝑞 2 = 2.50
2 𝑚 3 ⁄ . 𝑚 𝑠 𝑞 = 1
2 (1.60 + 2.50 + 3.10 + 3.40 + 3.50 + 3.10) → 𝑞 = 8.6 𝑚 3 ⁄ . 𝑚 𝑠 𝑉 𝑎𝑣𝑔 = 𝑞 𝑡
𝐴 𝑡 → 𝑉 𝑜𝑟𝑡 = 8.6
1𝑥3 → 𝑉 𝑜𝑟𝑡 = 2.87 𝑚/𝑠
Question 4: A water jet flowing through a horizontal elbow shown in the figure given below is poured into the atmosphere. Average flow velocity at cross-section (1) is v
1=2 m/s and gage pressure is p
1=19.62 N/cm
2. With the assumptions of ideal and incompressible fluid and taking absolute atmospheric as 9.81 N/cm
2:
a- Find the energy loss at the elbow.
2R r
3.10 3.50 3.40 3.10 2.50
1.6 (m/s)
(cm)
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b- Find the x,y components of the force that the flow exerts on the elbow.
Solution 4:
𝑣 1 = 2 𝑚 𝑠 ⁄ ; 𝑝 1 = 19.62 𝑁 𝑐𝑚 ⁄ 2 ; 𝑝 0 = 9.81 𝑁/𝑐𝑚 2 a-
𝑄 = 2 𝜋(0.3)
24 → 𝑄 = 0.1414𝑚 3 ⁄ 𝑠 𝑣 2 = 0.1414
𝜋(0.15)
2→ 𝑣 2 = 8 𝑚 𝑠 ⁄
𝑣
122𝑔 + 𝑝
1𝛾 + 𝑧 1 = 𝑣
222𝑔 + 𝑝
2𝛾 + 𝑧 2 + ℎ 𝑘
2
219.62 + 20 = 8
219.62 + ℎ 𝑘 → ℎ 𝑘 = 16.94 𝑚
b-
𝑝 1 𝐴 1 = 196.2 𝜋 (0.3) 2
4 = 13.87 𝑘𝑁 𝜌𝑄𝑣 1 = 9.81𝑥1000
9.81 𝑥0.1414𝑥2 = 0.28 𝑘𝑁 𝜌𝑄𝑣
2= 9.81𝑥1000
9.81 𝑥0.1414𝑥8 = 1.13 𝑘𝑁
∑ 𝐹 𝑥𝑖 = 𝑝 1 𝐴 1 + 𝜌𝑄𝑣 1 + 𝜌𝑄𝑣 2 − 𝑅 𝑥 = 0 𝑅 𝑥 = 13.87 + 0.28 + 1.13 → 𝑅 𝑥 = 15.28 𝑘𝑁
𝑅 𝑥 = −15.28 𝑘𝑁
Question 5: Velocity components of an ideal and incompressible fluid in a two-dimensional flow (2D) is given as
2
u a x , v 2 a y (a=constant ).
a- Is such a flow physically possible?
b- Is there a velocity potential for this function? If so, find the velocity potential function.
c- Find the stream function for this flow.
d- For a=1, find the resultant velocity and acceleration and their components at point M(1,1).
Solution 5:
𝑢 = −2𝑎𝑥 ; 𝑣 = 2𝑎𝑦
a-
𝐼𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝜕𝑢
𝜕𝑥 + 𝜕𝑣
𝜕𝑦 = 0
𝜕𝑢
𝜕𝑥 = −2𝑎
x y
1 0.3 m 0.15 m