Department of Chemical Engineering

Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru

Question Bank
Course: Momentum Transfer
Course Code: 3 CH02
Unit- I
Sl. No. Problems
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1 An oil contained between two identical plates of 2.0 m area each. The top plate is pulled
to the left (x-direction) with a force of 0.33 N at a velocity of 0.3 m/s. The bottom plate is
pulled in the opposite direction with a force of 0.11 N at a velocity of 0.10 m/s. Find the
Viscosity of the oil if the plates are 5 mm apart.
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2 An open reservoir contains a liquid having a density of 1250 kg/m . At a certain point the
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gauge pressure is 32.42 kN/m . What height above the given point the liquid level
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3 The pressure intensity at a point in a fluid is given 3.924 N/cm . Find the corresponding
height of fluid when the fluid is (a) water (b) oil of specific gravity 0.9.
4 An oil of specific gravity 0.9 is contained in a vessel. At a point the height of oil is 40 m.
Find the corresponding height of water at the point.
5 An open tank contains water up to a depth of 2m and above it an oil of specific gravity 0.9
for a depth of 1m. Find the pressure intensity (a) at the interface of the two liquids and
(ii) at the bottom of the tank.
6 Calculate the pressure due to column of 0.3 m of (a) water (b) an oil of specific gravity 0.8
and (c) mercury of specific gravity 13.6
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7 If the atmospheric pressure at sea level is 10.143 N/cm , determine the pressure at a
height of 2500 m. assuming the purpose of variation follows (a) hydrostatic law (b)
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isothermal law. The density of air is given as 1.208 kg/m .
8 Calculate the pressure at a height of 7500 m above sea level if the atmospheric pressure
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is 10.143 N/cm and temperature is 15 C at the sea level, assuming (i) air is
incompressible (II) pressure variation follows isothermal law and (iii) pressure variation
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follows adiabatic law. Take the density of air at the sea level as equal to 1.285 kg/m .
Neglect variation of g with altitude.
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9 The temperature of earth’s atmosphere drops about 5 C for every 1000 m of elevation
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above the earth’s surface. If the air temperature at ground level is 15 C and the pressure
is 760 mm Hg, at what elevation is the pressure 380 mm Hg? Assume that the air behave
as an ideal gas.
10 A simple U-tube manometer is installed across an orifice meter. The manometric fluid is
mercury (sp. Gr. 13.6) and flowing fluid through piping is carbon tetrachloride (sp. Gr. 1.6)
The manometer reads 200 mm. What is the pressure difference over a manometer in
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N/m
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11 The pressure difference over a manometer is 2452 N/m . If the manometric fluid is
carbon tetrachloride (sp. Gr.1.6) and water is flowing through the pipeline and fills the
manometer leads, what will be the manometer reading
12 A U-tube manometer is used to measure pressure drop across an orificemeter. The
manometric fluid is mercury (sp. Gr. 13.6) and fluid flowing through the pipeline and
filling manometric leads is brine (sp. Gr. 1.26)
When the pressure taps are equal, the level of mercury in the manometer is one meter
below the taps. In operating conditions, the pressure at the upstream tap is 115.324
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kN/m absolute and that at downstream tap is 33.864 kN/m below the atmospheric
pressure. What is the reading of manometer in centimeters?
 Department of Chemical Engineering
Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru
Question Bank
Course: Momentum Transfer
Course Code: 3 CH02
Unit - II
Sl. Problem
No.
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1 Water (density=1000 kg/m ) flows through the piping system shown in Fig. 7.43. An equal
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quantity of water flows through each of the pipes C. The flow through pipe A is 10m /h.
Calculate (a) mass flow rate in each pipe (b) average velocity in each pipe and (c) mass
velocity in pipes A and B.
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2 If the atmospheric pressure at sea level is 10.143 N/cm , determine the pressure at a
height of 2500 m. assuming the purpose of variation follows (a) hydrostatic law (b)
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isothermal law. The density of air is given as 1.208 kg/m .
3 Calculate the pressure at a height of 7500 m above sea level if the atmospheric pressure is
2 0
10.143 N/cm and temperature is 15 C at the sea level, assuming (i) air is incompressible
(II) pressure variation follows isothermal law and (iii) pressure variation follows adiabatic
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law. Take the density of air at the sea level as equal to 1.285 kg/m . Neglect variation of g
with altitude
4 Calculate the pressure and density of air at a height of 4000 m from seal level where
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pressure and temperature of air are 10.143 N/cm and 15 C respectively. The temperature
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is given as 0.0065K/m. Take density of air at sea level equal to 1.285 kg/m .
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5 Water is flowing through a pipe of 5 cm diameter under a pressure of 29.43 N/cm (gauge)
and with mean velocity of 2.0 m/s. Find the total head or total energy per unit weight of
the water a cross-section, which is 5m above the datum line
6 A pipe through which water is flowing is having a diameters of 20 cm and 10 cm at the
cross section 1 and 2 respectively. The velocity of water at section 1 is given 4 m/s. Find
the velocity head at section 1 and 2 and also rate of discharge
7 The water is flowing through a pipe having diameters 20 cm and 10 cm at sections 1 and 2
respectively. The rate of flow through pipe is 35 liters/sec. The section 1 is 6m above
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datum and section 2 is 4m above datum. If the pressure at section 1 is 39.24 N/cm find
intensity of pressure at section 2.

8 The diameter of pipe changes from 20 cm at section 5 above datum, to 5cm at section 3m
5 2
above datum. The pressure of water at first section is 5 x 10 N/m . If the velocity of flow
at the first section is 1 m/s, determine the intensity of pressure at second section
9 The water is flowing through a taper pipe of length 100m having diameters 600 mm at the
upper end and 300 mm at the lower end, at the rate of 50 liter/sec. The pipe has a slope of
1 in 30. Find the pressure at the lower end if the pressure at the higher level is 19.62
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N/cm

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10 A non uniform part of a pipe line 5m long is laid at a slope of 2 in 5 Two pressure gauges
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each fitted at upper and lower ends read 20 N/cm and 12.5 N/cm . If the diameter at the
upper and lower ends are 15 cm and 10 cm respectively. Determine the quantity of water
flowing per second
11 A pipe of diameter 400 mm carries water at a velocity of 25m/s. The pressures at the
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points A and B are given as 29.43 N/cm and 22.563 N/cm respectively, while the datum
head at A and B are 28 m and 30 m. Find the loss of head between A and B.
12 A 15 kW pump with 80% efficiency is discharging oil of specific gravity 0.85 to a
overhead tank from a storage tank. The surface of the oil in the storage tank
from datum line is 5m and that in the overhead tank from datum line is 25 m.
Both the tanks are open to atmosphere. If the losses in the piping system are
1.75 m of flowing fluid, calculate the volumetric flow rate of oil
13 A flow of 7 l/s of oil having a specific gravity of 0.91 and viscosity of 0.124 Pa.s is
pumped through a pipe line 75 mm diameter having a length of 62 m and
whose outlet is 3m higher than its inlet. Calculate the power required for the
pump if its efficiency is 60%
14 A pump draws a solution of sp. Gr. 1.84 from a storage tank through 75 mm
pipe. The velocity in the suction line is 0.914 m/s. The pump discharges
through a pipe of 50 mm diameter to an overhead tank. The end of the
discharge pipe is 15.2 m above the level of the solution in the tank. Frictional
losses in the entire piping system are 29.9 J/kg. What pressure must the pump
develop and what is the power requirement of the pump if efficiency of the
pump is 60%?
15 The wall shear stress w=0.981 N/m2 and average shear rate in circular pipe
=981 s-1 is obtained for fluid flow. Calculate the viscosity of the fluid
16 Calculate critical velocity of water flowing through 25 mm id pipe. Data:
Density of water=1000 kg/m3; Viscosity = 0.0008 (N.s)/m2
17 Water of density 1000 kg/m3 and viscosity 0.0008 N.s/m2 is pumped at 1000
cm3/s through a 25 mm i.d.pipe. Calculate the value of Reynolds number
18 A sugar syrup is flowing through a pipe of 55mm i.d. at a flow rate at 66.67
cm3/s. The viscosity of the syrup is 0.15 N.s/m2 and its density 1040 kg/m3.
Calculate the frictional loss over a length of 10 meters.
19 Water is flowing through a 25 mm internal diameter pipe at the rate of 1 kg/s.
Calculate the pressure drop over a length of 100 meters. Data: Friction
factor=0.0001; Density of Water =1000 kg/m3; Viscosity of Water =8.0 x 10-4
Pa.s
20 Water is flowing at a flow rate of 5 m3/h in a pipe line os 78 mm id. The
Viscosity of water is 8.0 x10-4 Pa.s. Calculate the pressure drop and frictional
loss over a length of 50 meters of pipeline.
21 Water flows through a 25 mm diameter pipeline at a rate of 0.8 l/s. If the
temperature of water is 303 K determine the type of flow. At 303 K the density
of water is 996 kg/m3 and viscosity of water is 0.8 mPa.s

22 When doubling the flow in a pipe causes the frictional losses to increase by 3.5
time how do the frictional losses vary with velocity and what is the nature of
the flow
23 Find the drop in pressure due to friction in a 60 m long and 25 mm i.d. pipe
when water is flowing at a rate of 3 kg/s. If the pressure drop falls by one half
what will the new flow rate be ?
Data: Density of Water =1000 kg/m3; Viscosity of water =0.0008 Pa.s