UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA

FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN MEKANIKAL

BMCF 2223 MEKANIK BENDALIR I

TUTORIAL 1
FLUID AND ITS PROPERTIES

1. (a) Calculate the weight of a reservoir of oil if it has a mass of 825 kg. [8.093 kN]
(b) If the reservoir has a volume of 0.917 m3, compute the density, specific weight, and the
specific gravity of the oil. [900 kg/m3; 8.83 kN/m3; 0.90]

2. A cylindrical can, 150 mm in diameter, is filled to a depth of 100 mm with a fuel oil. The oil
has a mass of 1.56 kg. Calculate its density, specific weight, and specific gravity. [883 kg/m3;
8.659 kN/m3; 0.883]

3. A plate, 0.5 mm distant from a fixed plate, moves at 0.25 m/s and requires a force per unit
area of 2 Pa to maintain this speed. Determine the viscosity of the substance between the
plates. [0.004 kg/ms]

4. A shaft 80 mm in diameter is being pushed through a bearing sleeve 80.2 mm in diameter

and 0.3 m long. The clearance, assumed uniform is flooded with lubricating oil of viscosity 0.1
kg/ms. (a) If the shaft moves axially at 0.8 m/s, estimate the resistance force exerted by the
oil on the shaft, (b) If the shaft is axially fixed and rotated at 1800 rpm, estimate the resisting
torque exerted by the oil and the power required to rotate the shaft. [60.32 N; 22.74 Nm;
4.29 kW]

5. A very large thin plate is centred in a gap of width 0.06 m with different oils of unknown
viscosities above and below: one viscosity is twice the other. When the plate is pulled at a
velocity of 0.3 m/s the resulting force on 1 m2 of plate due to the viscous shear on both sides
is 29 N. Assuming viscous flow and neglecting all end effects, calculate the viscosities of the
oils. [0.97 kg/ms]

6. A 50-cm x 30-cm x 20-cm block weighing

150 N is to be moved at a constant velocity 50 cm
of 0.8 m/s on an inclined surface with a 0.8 m/s
friction coefficient of 0.27. (a) Determine 30 cm
the force F that needs to be applied in F
horizontal direction. (b) If a 0.4-mm-thick oil 20
film with a dynamic viscosity of 0.012 Pa.s
is applied between the block and inclined 150 N
surface, determine the percent reduction in
the required force. [105.5 N; 45.8 %] Figure 1

7. A thin 20-cm x 20-cm flat plate is pulled

at 1 m/s horizontally through a 3.6-mm-
thick oil layer sandwiched between two
plates, one stationary and the other
moving at a constant velocity of 0.3 m/s, Fixed wall
as shown in Figure 2. The dynamic h1 = 1 mm 1 m/s
viscosity of oil is 0.027 Pa.s. Assuming the
velocity in each oil layer to vary linearly,
(a) plot the velocity profile and find the h2 = 2.6 mm
location where the oil velocity is zero and
(b) determine the force that needs to be 0.3 m/s
Figure 2
applied on the plate to maintain this
motion.
[0.6-mm from the bottom plate; 1.62 N]
 8. The clutch system shown in Figure 3 is used
to transmit torque through a 3-mm-thick oil
film with = 0.38 N.s/m2 between two
Driven shaft identical 30-cm-diameter disks. When the
driving shaft rotates at a speed of 1450
30 cm rpm, the driven shaft rotates at a 1398
3 mm
rpm. Assuming a linear velocity profile for
SAE 30W oil the oil film, determine the transmitted
torque. [0.55 Nm]
Figure 3

9. The viscosity of a fluid is to be measured by a viscometer constructed of two 75-cm-long

concentric cylinders. The outer diameter of the inner cylinder is 15 cm, and the gap between
the two cylinders is 0.12 cm. The outer cylinder is fixed while the inner cylinder is rotated at
200 rpm and the toque is measured to be 0.8 Nm. Determine the viscosity of the fluid.
[0.231 N.s/m2]

10. A 1.9-mm-diameter tube is inserted into an unknown liquid whose density is 960 kg/m3, and it
is observed that the liquid rises 5 mm in the tube, making a contact angle of 15 . Determine
the surface tension of the liquid. [0.0232 N/m]

11. The belt in Figure 4 moves at a steady velocity V = 2.5 m/s and skims the top of a tank of oil
of dynamic viscosity = 0.29 kg/ms, as shown. Distance between rollers L = 2 m, width of
the belt b = 60 cm and depth of the oil h = 3 cm. Assuming a linear velocity profile in the oil,
determine (a) the resisting force exerted on the belt by the oil, and (b) the power P required
to drive the belt. (Given, P = Tw ) (Final Exam Sem 1 Session 06/07) [29 N; 72.5 watt]

L
V
Driving torque T

h Oil

Figure 4

12. Two square plates (15 mm x 15 mm) are dipped into a fluid of density = 1000 kg/m3
parallel to each other, as shown in Figure 5. If distance between the plates W = 2 mm,
determine the capillary rise h . Given, surface tension = 0.073 N/m and contact angle is
negligible, i.e. = 0 . (Test 1 Sem 1 Session 06/07) [7.44 mm]
W

Figure 5