FLUID MECHANICS

Fluid Statics

1. The viscosity of water at 70°C is 0.00402 poise and its specific gravity is 0.978. Determine its absolute viscosity in Pa-s and its kinematic viscosity in m 2/s and stokes.
a. 0.000402 Pa-s, 4.11 × 10-7 m2 and 4.11 × 10-3 stokes
b. 0.00402 Pa-s, 5.11 × 10-7 m2 and 5.11 × 10-3 stokes
c. 0.402 Pa-s, 4.11 × 10-9 m2 and 4.11 × 10-5
d. 0.0402 Pa-s, 2.11 × 10-7 m2 and 2.11 × 10-3 stokes
2. 4.9 cubic feet of water are compressed to 5000 psi g. What is the volume decrease if the temperature is 60°F? Assume an average bulk modulus of elasticity of 311,000
psi.
a. 0.059 ft3 c. 0.089 ft3
b. 0.079 ft3 d. 0.069 ft3
3. Convert a vacuum pressure of 110 mm of mercury into absolute pressure if atmospheric pressure is 10.5 meters of water.
a. 76.00 kPa c. 88.3 kPa
b. 92.54 kPa d. 87.5 kPa
4. A hydraulic press is used to raise an 80 kN cargo truck. If oil of specific gravity 0.82 acts on the piston under pressure of 10 MPa, what is the diameter of piston
required?
a. 100.97 mm c. 125.74 mm
b. 154.85 mm d. 102.57 mm
5. If atmospheric air is at 14.7 psia and 60°F at sea level, what is the pressure at 12,000 ft altitude if air is incompressible? Note: @ 60°F; the density of air is 0.0763
lbm/ft3; P1 = 14.7 psia.
a. 8.32 psia c. 9.53 psia
b. 14.70 psia d. 10.43 psia
6. If atmospheric air 14.7 psia and 60°F at sea level, what is the pressure at 12,000 ft altitude if air is compressible? Note: @ 60°F; the density of air is 0.0763 lb m/ft3; P1
= 14.7 psia.
a. 8.37 psia c. 9.53 psia
b. 14.70 psia d. 1043 psia
7. If the pressure in the air space above an oil (SG = 0.75) surface in a closed tank is 115 kPa absolute, what is the pressure 2 meters below the surface?
a. 129.72 kPa c. 143.56 kPa
b. 143.54 kPa d. 143.45 kPa
8. A solid material in a cube shape floats in oil of density 800 kg/m 3 with one-third of the block out of the oil. What is the buoyant force on the cube whose edge is 0.75
m?
a. 225 kgf c. 143.4 kgf
b. 203 kgf d. 324.4 kgf
9. An iceberg having specific gravity of 0.92 is floating on salt water of specific gravity 1.03. If the volume of ice above the water surface is 1000 m 3, what is the total
volume of the ice?
a. 9363.64 m3 c. 8762.54 m3
b. 4532.45 m3 d. 9846.45 m3
10. A stone weighs 460 N in air. When submerged in water, it weighs 300 N. Find the volume and specific weight of the stone.
a. 0.0136 m3 and 22.8 kN/m3 c. 0.0361 m3 and 82.2 kN/m3
3 3
b. 0.0316 m and 28.8 kN/m d. 0.0163 m3 and 28.2 kN/m3
11. Assuming normal barometric pressure, how deep in the ocean is the point where an air bubble, upon reaching the surface, has 5 times its volume than it had at the
bottom?
a. 40.1 m c. 50.4 m
b. 25.4 m d. 43.5 m
12. A cylindrical tank having a diameter of 1.5 m and a height of 4 m is open at one end and closed at the other end. It is placed below the water surface with its open end
down. How deep below the water surface should the tank be placed if the depth of the water inside the tank is 1.8 m?
a. 6.25 m c. 4.23 m
b. 5.45 m d. 7.55 m
Fluid Dynamics

13. Water having kinematic viscosity μK = 1.3 × 10-6 m2/s flows in a 100 mm diameter pipe at a velocity 4.5 m/s. Compute the Reynolds number.
a. 346,153.85 c. 432,453.54
b. 324,435.14 d. 434,324.85
14. Oil has a specific gravity of 0.80 flows in a 200 mm diameter pipe. Find the critical velocity if μ D = 8.14 × 10-2 Pa-s.
a. 1.0175 m/s c. 1.056 m/s
b. 1.0542 m/s d. 3.208 m/s
15. An engineer needs to deliver 150 ft3/min of water in a round pipe in such a way that the flow in the pipe remains laminar. If the critical Reynolds number is 2000,
what diameter of pipe is necessary to ensure laminar flow? (Note: kinematic viscosity of water is 4.75 × 10 -5 ft2/s). Assume that the flow in the pipe will be uniform.
a. 33.506 ft c. 35.504 ft
b. 34.452 ft d. 21.454 ft
16. The diameter of a pipe at the larger end is 0.50 cm and at the smaller end is 0.20 cm. The larger and smaller ends are located 7 meters and 3 meters respectively from
the datum line. If at the larger end, the velocity is 1.2 meters per second and the pressure is 5200 kN/m 2, compute the pressure at the smaller end.
a. 5211.84 kPa c. 4352.45 kPa
b. 5642.56 kPa d. 3452.45 kPa
17. If the velocity of flow in a 75-mm diameter fire hose is 0.50 m/s, what is the velocity in a 25-mm diameter jet issuing from a nozzle attached at the end of the pipe?
Compute also the power available in the jet.
a. 4.5 m/s and 22.36 W c. 5.4 m/s and 34.5 W
b. 3.5 m/s and 24.5 W d. 3.7 m/s and 21.45 W
18. An opening is made at the bottom of a dam 144 ft high. Find the approximate velocity of the water that will flow through the opening if friction is neglected.
a. 96.3 ft/s c. 67.7 ft/s
b. 45.7 ft/s d. 93.5 ft/s
19. A cylindrical 1 ft diameter, 4 ft high tank contains 3 ft of water. What rotational speed is required to spin water out the top?
a. 22.7 rad/s c. 20.5 rad/s
b. 14.5 rad/s d. 43.4 rad/s