CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Fluid Mechanics – I (SESSION 2016)

Numerical Assignment – 1
(Fluid Properties)
Problems:

Problem No. 1.1 to 1.5, 1.7 to 1.11, 1.27 to 1.30, 1.32 to 1.34, 1.42 to 1.45 and 12.6 to
12.10

Reference Book:

Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications by Robert L. Daugherty. (Metric

Edition).

Problem # Answers
1.1 Density = 713.56 kg/m , Specific volume = 0.0014 m3/kg, Specific gravity = 0.714
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1.2 Density = 1.631 kg/m3, Specific volume = 0.613 m3/kg, Specific gravity = 1.33
1.3 Density = 1260 kg/m3, Specific weight = 12360.6 N/m3
1.4 Density = 815.49 kg/m3
1.5 Specific weight = 13.625 N/m3
1.7 Percentage decrease in specific volume = 4.11 %
1.8 Decrease in specific volume = 3.407 ×10 -5 m3/kg, Specific volume at the depth =
9.41×10-4 m3/kg, Specific weight at the depth = 10425.07 N/m3
1.9 Percentage decrease in specific volume = 3.491 %, Percentage change in specific
weight = 3.73 %
1.10 Bulk modulus of water = 2410 MN/m2
1.11 Applied pressure = 43600 N/m2
1.27 Kinematic Viscosity = 2.686 ×10-5 m2/sec
1.28 (a) 3.181 (b) 300 (c) 2
1.29 Kinematic Viscosity = 4.8 ×10-7 m2/sec
1.30 Temperature = 198 ˚C
1.32 Difference of ratio = 14.937
1.33 Force = 600 N
1.34 (a) Force = 1.68 N (b) Force = 1.87 N
1.42 True static height = 21.22 mm
1.43 True static height = 9.8 mm
1.44 Computed Capillary rise = 5.95 mm, Graphical Capillary rise = 5 mm
1.45 Capillary fall = 0.43 mm
12.6 Viscosity = 19.26 (N-sec/m2)
12.7 Kinematic Viscosity = 2.41 ×10-6 m2/sec
12.8 Viscosity = 0.012 (N-sec/m2)
12.9 Viscosity = 7.533 × 10-3 poise, Kinematic Viscosity = 8.56 × 10-6 stokes
12.10 Time to flow = 52.6 sec

Engr. Fatima Mehmood & Engr. Rabeea Bakhtawer