AMJ20204

FLUID MECHANICS ENGINEERING

Tutorial Question
(Fluid Dynamics: Basics)

1. Calculate the diameter of a pipe that would carry 2.125 m3/s of a liquid at an
average velocity of 3.048 m/s. [Ans: 0.94 m]

2. If the velocity of a liquid is 0.503 m/s in a 300 mm diameter pipe, what is the
velocity in a 100 mm diameter jet exiting from a nozzle attached to the pipe?
[Ans: 4.527 m/s]

3. When 2000 L/min of water flows through a 300 mm diameter pipe that later
reduces to a 150 mm diameter pipe, calculate the average velocity of flow in each
pipe. [Ans: v1 = 0.47 m/s, v2 = 1.87 m/s]

4. Gasoline with density 670 kg/m3 is flowing at 0.11 m3/s in the pipe shown below.
If the pressure before the reduction is 415 kPa, calculate the pressure in the 75
mm diameter pipe? [Ans: P2 = 220.3 kPa]

Figure 1
5. Water at 10˚C is flowing from point A to point B through the pipe shown in
Figure 2 below at the rate of 0.37 m3/s. If the pressure at A is 66.2 kPa, calculate
the pressure at B. [Ans: PB = 34.91 kPa]

Figure 2

6. Calculate the flow rate of water at 5˚C through the system shown in Figure 3.
[Ans: Q = 0.032 m3/s]

Figure 3
Table A: Properties of water