Fluid Mechanics Assignment

1. A horizontal circular pipe of outer radius R1, is placed concentrically inside another
circular pipe of inner radius R2. Considering fully developed laminar flow in the
annular space between pipes show that the maximum velocity occurs at a radius R0
given by
1 /2

[ ( )]
2

R R 1
R 0= 2
R
2 ln 2
R1

2. Consider the laminar boundary layer on a flat plate with uniform suction velocity V0
as shown in Fig.

Far down the plate (large x), a fully developed situation may be shown to exist in
which the velocity distribution does not vary with x. Find the velocity distribution in
this region, as well as the wall shear. The governing equations are
u v
+
=0
x y
and

u
u 1 dp
2 u
u
+v
=
+
x
y dx
y2

The boundary conditions are at y = 0, u = 0, v = V0 and u() = U