AS1020 - Fluid Mechanics

Tutorial 7

1. Compressed air in a rigid tank of volume V exhausts through a small nozzle as in Fig. 1. Air properties change through the
nozzle, and the  ow exits at ρo , Vo , Ao . Find an expression for the rate of change of tank density.

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2. Water enters the bottom of the cone in the gure 2 at a uniformly increasing average velocity V = Kt. If d is very small, derive
an analytic formula for the water surface rise h(t), assuming h = h0 at t = 0.
3. A room contains dust at uniform concentration C = ρdust
ρ . It is to be cleaned by introducing fresh air at an inlet section Ai , Vi
and exhausting the room air through an outlet section. Find an expression for the rate of change of dust mass in the room.
4. A solid-propellant rocket in Fig. 3 is self-contained and has no entrance ducts. Using a control-volume analysis for the conditions
shown in Fig. 3, compute the rate of mass loss of the propellant, assuming that the exit gas has a molecular weight of 28.

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5. The tank in Fig. 4 is being lled with water by two one-dimensional inlets. Air is trapped at the top of the tank. The water
height is h. Find an expression for the change in water height dh
dt .

6. The jet engine in Fig. 5 admits air at 20°C and 1 atm at (1), where A1 = 0.5 m2 and V1 = 250 m/s. The fuel-air ratio is 1:30.
The air leaves section (2) at 1 atm, V2 = 900 m/s, and A2 = 0.4 m2 . Compute the test stand support reaction Rx needed.

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7. The 6-cm-diameter 20°C water jet in Fig. 6 strikes a plate containing a hole of 4-cm diameter. Part of the jet passes through the
hole, and part is deected. Determine the horizontal force required to hold the plate.