ME335, Fall 2012, Quiz 8 Name _______________________________________

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You have 20 minutes to complete this quiz. Problems 1-3 are part of the same
problem, so complete the quiz in order from 1-3.
1. (10 pts) Find the relevant dimensionless t terms for the pressure loss, AP, per unit
length, l, in a pipe given that:

( )
where D is the diameter, is the density, V is velocity, is viscosity, and c is surface
roughness. Use the FLT system where = FL
-4
T
2
and = FL
-2
T. Treat (AP/ l) as one
variable.

(a) Identify the number of variables, k

(b) Write out all reference dimensions of each variable



(c) Identify the number of reference dimensions, r

(d) Identify the number of t terms from k r

(e) Select and identify your repeating variables

(f) Find the t terms (by inspection preferably and show your work)








(g) Write in the final form t
1
= function(t

terms)

ME335, Fall 2012, Quiz 8 Name _______________________________________
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2. You wish to find the pressure loss per unit length (AP/ l) in an old corroded oil pipe,
although you do not know whether the flow is wholly turbulent or not, so the Moody
chart and associated equations are not so useful. You decide to use the similarity
analysis from Problem 1 with the actual corroded pipe as the prototype and a
1:10 smaller pipe as the model.
(a) (2 pts) Calculate the surface roughness, c
m
, you would need in order to maintain
similarity in a smaller 1:10 scale model pipe given D
p
= 1.22 m, c
p
= 10 mm, and
D
m
= D
p
/10 = 0.122 m?


(b) (4 pts) Likewise, given V
p
= 2.3 m/s, v
p
= (
p
/
p
) = 4.9 x 10
-6
m
2
/s for the oil in
the corroded pipe, and v
m
= (
m
/
m
) = 1.12 x 10
-6
m
2
/s in the model for water,
calculate the velocity needed to maintain similarity, V
m.











3. (4 pts) Write an equation for the pressure drop of the actual pipe (AP/ l)
p
using
similarity and assuming you know (AP/ l)
m
from an experimental measurement. Use
the results of Problem 1 and 2 to help find the equation (no calculations needed).