21/05/2018 Transport Phenomena In Materials - - Unit 8 - Week 6

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Week 0 1) World record for 50 m free style swimming is 20.91 s. Estimate Reynold's number (in ×106 ) for a
competitive swimmer of height 1.95 m (Consider density of water as 1g/cc and viscosity to be
Week 1 1 × 10
−3
Pa-s) while he/she enters the pool. [Note: Answer up to two decimal places]

Week 2
No, the answer is incorrect.
Week 3
Score: 0

Week 4 Accepted Answers:

(Type: Range) 4.5-4.7
Week 5 1 point

Week 6 2) Calculate the maximum size of the inclusion having density of 2700 kgm−3 that can float up 1 point
from the bottom of a liquid metal bath of 1 m height in 10 minutes. Assume that stokes law is valid. Take
Simple cases in
fluid flow :
the values of viscosity of liquid metal as 5 × 10
−3
kgm
−1
s
−1
, and density of liquid metal is 7200 kg
spherical m
−3
. Give the answer in μm .
coordinate [Note: You can use the value for acceleration due to gravity to be 9.81 m/s2]
system
58.29
Friction factors
and correlations 1699
451.2
Quiz :
Assessment-6 182.6

Week 6 No, the answer is incorrect.

Feedback Score: 0

Week 7 Accepted Answers:

58.29
week 8
3) Ladle deoxidation of liquid steel is done at 1600 ∘ C by adding ferro-aluminium. By assuming Stokes
law behaviour, time (in s) required for alumina particles of 50 μm diameter to float to the surface from a
depth of 2 m would be .......

(Given: density of steel and alumina are 7000 kg/m3, 3650 kg/m3 respectively. Viscosity of steel is
6 × 10
−3
kg/m/s, acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s2)

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
(Type: Range) 2626-2632

1 point

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4) Deoxidation of liquid steel with ferrosilicon produces spherical silica particles. A particle of 5 1 point
μm takes 3000 minutes to float up through a 2 m height liquid steel. Assuming stokes law, for a particle
of 50 μm to float up through the same height, the time required in minutes is .............

30
300
3000
960

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
30

5) For what range of Reynold's number is creeping flow regime valid? 1 point

Re > 100
100 < Re < 2000
Re < 0.1
Re > 2000

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Re < 0.1

6) Which component of the stress tensor contributes to the form drag? 1 point

Pressure (p) and Shear stress (τrθ )

pressure (p) and normal stress (σrr )

Shear stress on r-ϕ plane (τrϕ )

Shear stress on r-θ plane (τrθ )

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
pressure (p) and normal stress (σrr )

7) Ratio of form drag to friction drag in a creeping flow over sphere is equal to : 1 point

1/3
1/2
2
1

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
1/2

8) The condition used in creeping Vr ∣r→R,θ = 0 flow implies that: 1 point

No slip condition is used

surface is smooth
surface is impenetrable
Shear stress component is zero

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
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surface is impenetrable

9) Calculate the friction drag for a particle of diameter 100 micro meters in a liquid bath whose 1 point
viscosity is 6 ×10−3 Pas, given that the particle has reached a terminal velocity of 4 ×10−4 ms
−1
.

14.12 ×10−9 N

12.15 ×10−9 N

15.08 ×10−10 N

30.16 ×10−10 N

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
15.08 ×10−10 N

10)In laminar flow, the friction factor ............ 1 point

Increases with Reynold's number

Decreases with Reynold's number
Depends only upon the velocity of the fluid and increases with the velocity of the fluid
Depends only upon density of the fluid and increases with density of fluid

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Decreases with Reynold's number

11)The SI unit of Friction factor is 1 point

m/s2
m/s
It is dimensionless
kg m/s

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
It is dimensionless

12)A fluid flows past a cube with length a. What is the projected area used to compute the 1 point
friction factor for this situation?

2
a

2
4a

2
2a

2
6a

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
2
a

13)For an internal flow, which of the following is considered for computing the friction factor? 1 point

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Total Surface Area

Wetted Area
Projected Area
Lateral Surface Area

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Wetted Area

14)For an internal flow through a pipe, the Reynold's number is found to 80. What is the friction 1 point
factor?

0.25
0.5
0.2
0.1

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
0.2

15)Friction factor for flow over a sphere is found to be 300. What is the Reynold's number if 1 point
creeping regime is assumed?

0.05
0.08
0.01
0.04

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
0.08

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