Sub: Fluid Mechanics

Topic : Laminar and turbulent flow

MODULE- 58B
Laminar and turbulent flow.
_______________________________________________________________________________________ 1. An aircraft is flying in level flight at a speed of 200 km/hr through air (density, = 1.2 kg/m2, and viscosity m = 1.6 x 10-5 N-s/m2). The lift co-efficient at this speed is 0.4 and the drag co-efficient is 0.0065. The mass of the aircraft is 800 kg. The effective lift area of the aircraft is (a) 21.2 m2 (b) 10.6 m2 2 (c) 2.2 m (d) 1.1 m2 A thin flat plate 0.5 m x 0.7 m in size settles in a large tank of water with a terminal velocity of 0.12 m/s. The coefficient of drag for a laminar

A) The rate of rotation of fluid particle is given by (a)

(b) (c)

2.

(d)
( )

boundary layer and

= for a B) The power required to keep the plate in steady motion is (a) 5 10-4 watts (b) 10-5 watts -5 (c) 2.5 10 (d) 5 10-5 watts 4. Flow rate of a fluid (density = 1000 kg/m3) in a small diameter tube is 800 mm3/s. The length and the diameter of the tube are 2 m and 0.5 mm, respectively. The pressure drop in 2 m length is equal to 2.0 MPa. The viscosity of the fluid is (a) 0.025 N.s/m2 (b) 0.012 N.s/m2 (c) 0.00192 N.s/m2 (d) 0.00102 N.s/m2 An automobile with projected area 2.6m2 is running on a road with speed of 120 km per hour. The mass density and the kinematic viscosity of air are 1.2 kg/m3 and 1.5 x 10-5m2/s, respectively. The drag coefficient is 0.30 a) The drag force on the automobile is (A) 620N (B) 600 N (C) 580 N (D) 520 N b) The metric horse power required to overcome the drag force is (A) 33.23 (B) 31.23 (C) 23.23 (D) 20.23

turbulent boundary layer, where RL is the plate Reynolds number. Assume = 10-3 N-s/m2 and = 1000 kg/m3 The submerged weight of the plate is

(a) 0.0115 N (c) 0.0231 N 3.

(b) (d)

0.0118 N 0.0376 N

5.

The laminar flow takes place between closely spaced parallel plates as shown in figure below. The velocity profile is given by u = . The gap height, h, is 5 mm and the space is filled with oil (specific gravity = 0.86, viscosity m = 2 10-4 N-s/m2). The bottom plate is stationary and the top plate moves with a steady velocity of V=5 cm/s. The area of the plate is 0.25m2.

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