ME331 – Fluid Mechanics
QUIZ NO. 4 – Part 2 - Problem Solving
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1. Water exits a pipe as a free jet
and flows to a height h abovethe
exit plane as shown in the figure.
The flow is steady,
incompressible,and frictionless. (a)
Determine the height h. (b)
Determine the velocity and
pressure at section (1). 11.165
psi;3.9752 ft; 36 ft/s
2. The air velocity in the duct of a
heating system is tobe measured
by a Pitot-static probe inserted
into the duct parallelto the flow. If
the differential height between the
watercolumns connected to the
two outlets of the probe is 3.2
cm,determine (a) the flow velocity
and (b) the pressure rise atthe tip
of the probe. The air temperature
and pressure in theduct are 45°C
and 98 kPa, respectively. 313.92
Pa; 1.0733 kg/m3 ;24.186 m/s
3. A 15-hp (shaft) pump is used to
raise water to a 45-mhigher
elevation. If the mechanical
efficiency of the pumpis 82 %,
determine the maximum volume
flow rate of water. 0.02078 m3/s
4. What is the minimum diameter at
section (1) to avoid cavitation at
that point? Take D2 = 15 cm.
0.126 m
5. The water level in a tank is 20 m
above the ground.A hose is
connected to the bottom of the
tank, and thenozzleat the end of
the hose is pointed straight up.
Thetank cover is airtight, and the
air pressure above the
watersurface is 2 atm gage. The
system is at sea level.
Determinethe maximum height to
which the water stream could rise.
40.657 m
6. A fireboat is to fight fires at coastal
areas by drawing seawater with a
density of 1030 kg/m3 through a
10-cm-diameter pipe at a rate of
0.04 m3/s and discharging it
through a hose nozzle with an
exit diameter of 5 cm. The total
irreversible head loss of the
system is 3 m, and the position of
the nozzle is 3 m above sea level.
For a pump efficiency of 70 %,
determine the required shaft
power input to the pump and the
water discharge velocity.
20.372 m/s
7. Water is being pumped from a
large lake to a reservoir25 m
above at a rate of 25 L/s by a
10kW pump. If theirreversible
head loss of the piping system is
8. A hydraulic turbine has 50 m of
head available at aflow rate of
1.30 m3/s, and its overall turbine–
generator efficiencyis 78 percent.
Determine the electric power
output ofthis turbine. 497.367 kw
9. Water enters a hydraulic turbine
through a30-cm-diameter pipe at
a rate of 0.6 m3/s and exits
througha 25-cm-diameter pipe.
The pressure drop in the turbine
ismeasured by a mercury
manometer to be 1.2 m. For a
combinedturbine– generator
efficiency of 83 %, determinethe
net electric power output.
Disregard the effect of thekinetic
energy correction factors. 54.37
kw
10. Water atroom temperature flows
with a volume flow rate of 0.0250
m3/s through a horizontal diffuser
in which the diameter increases
gradually from D1 = 6.00 to D2 =
11.00 cm. The irreversible head
loss through the diffuser is
estimated to be 0.450 m. The
kinetic energy correctionfactors at
both the inlet and outlet of the
diffuser areassumed to be 1.05.
(a) Calculate the pressure
difference (P2 – P1) in kPausing
the energy equation. (b) Draw
approximately the EGL and HGL
in this diffuser. 33kpa
5 m, determine the mechanical
efficiency of the pump. 73.58%