on the remaining blank pages ions written eg, 42+8 ~ 50, will be treated as malpractice. yous answers, compulsorily draw diagonal eroas fi Important Note : 4. On coms 2.Any revealing of identification, ppeal to evaluator and /or eq USN Www.vtu.us JOMEVAUMSB Fourth Semester B.E. Degree Examination, Dec.2014/Jan.2015 Fluid Mechanics Note: Answer FIVE full questions, selecting at least TWO questions from each part. PART-A a the following properties of fluid: ii) Specific volume iii) spesgons ig viscosity _—_v) Capillarity (05 Marks) side the droplet of water of diameter 0.04 mm 2. Nice? (atmospheric fe the pressure within the droplet ig @ace tension is given as or (05 Marks) ©. Calculate the capiltf¢y effect in mm in a glass tube oft diameter, when immersed in Hg. The temperature 6fiquid is 20°C and surface tensidh of Hg at 20°C in contact with air is 0.51 N/m. Angle of coffides is 130° (specific grati¥¥ of Hg is 13.6). (05 Marks) 4. Determine the specific greta Mud baie 0.05 poise and kinematic viscosity 0.035 stokes. & oe (05 Marks) a, State and prove Pascat’s law. Q (05 Marks) b. The right limb ofa siraple U tube, eter Containing Hg is open to the atmosphere while the left limb is connected 10 apfng)in which’ fluid of specific gravity 0.9 is flowing. The cenire of pipe is 12 em below fkelevel vis right limb. Find the pressure of fluid in the pipe ifthe difference a evel in two limbs4s 20 om. (0SMarks) ©. A caisson for closing 6 to a dry dock i& offeapezoidal form 16 m wide at the top and 10 m wide a bo Ce a Find the totalypfessure and centre of pressure on the caisson, if the wate the outside is just level with the tapand dock is empty. (10 Marks) a. Define: 3) nc, i) Contre of buoyancy, "Qo, iii) Path line, jinar flow, v) Turbulent flow. (05 Marks) b. ‘dimensions 1.5m x 1.0m x 2m weighs 1962 N in wat \d its weight in air. ill be its specific gravity? (05 Marks) ‘em diameter pipe carrier oil of specific gravity 0.9 at a velocity 0 PS ms. At another c’S8ction the diameter is 20 cm. Find the velocity at this section and mass rate of oil. p Marks) ‘What f Eater's equation of motion? How wil you cain Bernoulli's equation fon Prone ‘The water is flowing through a taper pipe of length 100 m having diameters 600 fom St Me upper end and 300 mm at the lower end, atthe rate of 50 St/s. The pipe has a slope of 1 ir. 30. Find the pressure at the lower end if the pressure at the higher level is 19.62 Nicay’ (10 Marks) T. a, Sketch and derive the relation for actual discharge through an orifice meter. (10 Marks) b. State Buckingham’s x theorem. The efficiency 7 of a fan depends on density p, dynamic viscosity 1 of the fluid, angular velocity ©, diameter D, discharge Q. Express 7 in terms of dimensionless parameters. (10 Marks) 1of210ME/AU46B 6 pene te poe WMV Wea WEU AAS. so scsonin eine. costes ‘b. Find the head lost due to friction in a pipe of diameter 300 mm and length 50 m through which water is flowing at a velocity of 3 v/s using: (i) Darcy’s formula, (ii) Chezy’s formula for which C = 60. (10 Marks) %~ _ Ay bo Define Reynolds number. What is its significance? oo 8) Derive Hagen Poisoulle’s equation for viscous flow through a circular pipe. obfarks) CLA oil of viscosity 10 poise flows between two parallel fixed plates which @ye Kept at a ce of 50 mm apart. Find the rate of flow of oil between the plate; drop of re in a length of 1.2 m be 0.3 Niem’. The width of plates is 200 mm. +” (06 Marks) % nm 8 a. Explain tft: i) Lift; ii) Drag; ii) Displacement thickness; Cf Momentum thickness. of oO (08 Marks) b. Define the sonic flow and supersonic flow. vy (04 Marks) e. A flat plate 1.513@},5m moves at 50 knv/hr in wstons of density 1.15 kg/m’. If the coefficient of dragqtd lift are 0.15 and 0.75 Wvely. Determine: (i) lift force; (ii) drag force; (iii) resi force. © {08 Marks) 2of2