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Fluid Mechanics : Question Paper Dec 2013 - Mechanical Engineering (Semester 3) | Visveswaraya Technological University (VTU)
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Fluid Mechanics - Dec 2013

Mechanical Engineering (Semester 3)

TOTAL MARKS: 100
TOTAL TIME: 3 HOURS
(1) Question 1 is compulsory.
(2) Attempt any four from the remaining questions.
(3) Assume data wherever required.
(4) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1 (d) Derive an expression for surface tension of soap bubble(3 marks) 1 (a) Define the following terms and mention their SI units
Capillarity
Dynamic viscosity
Weight density
Buk modulus.
(6 marks)
1 (b) Explain the effort of tempreture variation on viscosity and gases(4 marks) 1 (c) Two large plane surfaces are 2.4cm apart.The space between the surface is filled with glycrene.What force is required to drag a very thin plate of surface area 0.5 square meters between the two large plane surfaces at a speed of 0.6, if thethin plate is at a distance of 0.8cm from one of the plane surface ? Take μ =8.1 × 10-1 N-s/m2(7 marks) 2 (a) Define the following :
Gauge pressure
Vaccum pressure
center of pressure
Hydrostatic law.
(8 marks)
2 (b) A Caisson for closing the entrance to dry dock is of trapezodial form 16m wide at the top and 10m wide at the bottom and 6m deep.find the total pressure and centre of pressure on the cassion if the water on the outside is just level with the top and dock is empty.(8 marks) 2 (c) What is a manometer ? Hoe they are classified?(4 marks) 3 (a) If the a two -dimesional potensioanl flow. The velocity potensial is given by φ =x(2y -1). Detremine the velocity at point p(4,5).Determine also the value of stream function at the point p(10 marks) 3 (b) Deriv ean expression for metacentric height of a floating body using analytical method(10 marks) 4 (a) Derive an Euler's equation of motion for an ideal gas(8 marks) 4 (b) State Bernoullis theroms for stedy flow of an incompressible fluid(2 marks) 4 (c) A pipe line carrrying oil specific gravity 0.87.cahnges in diameter from 200mm diameter at a position A to 500mm diameter at a position B which is 4meter at higher level if the pressure at A and B are 9.81 N/cm2 and 5.886 N/ cm2 respectively and the discharge is 200 litters determine loss of head and direction of flow.(10 marks) 5 (a) Deriv ean expression for the discharge over a triangular notch In terms of water over the crest of the notch(8 marks) 5 (b) A 3ocm × 15cm venturimeter is provided In a vertical pipe line carrying oil specific gravity 0.9 the flow being upwords.The difference in evaluation of the throat section and entrance section of the enturimeter is 30cm.the differential U-tube mercury manometer showa a gauge defelction 0f 25 cm.calculate
the discharge of oil
the pressure different between the entrance section and the throat section.take coefficient of meter as 0.98 and specific gravity of mercury as 13.6
(9 marks)
5 (c) What are the method of dimensioanl analysis ? Describe Buckinghum's π-therorem for dimensional analysis(3 marks) 6 (a) Derive an expression for the loss of head due to sudden enlargement of pipe(10 marks) 6 (b) Dtermine the difference in the elavation between the water surfaces in the two tanks which are connected by a horizontal pipe of diameter 300mm and length 400mm. The rate of flow through the pipe is 300liter/sec.consider all losses and take f = 0.008.also draw IIGI. and TEL(10 marks) 7 (a) Derive an expression for Hagen poiseullie formules(10 marks) 7 (b) An oil of velcosity 0.1 N//m2 and relative density 0.9 is flowing through a circular pipe of diameter 50mm and length 300m. The rate of flow of fluid through the pipe is 3.5 liter/sec.Find the pressure drop in a length of 300m and also the sher stress the pipe wall(10 marks) 8 (a) Define term
Drag
Lift
Displacement thickness
Boundary layer thickness
Energy thickness
(10 marks)
8 (b) For the velocity profile for laminar boundary layer flows given as dfrac{u}{U}=2left(dfrac{y}{delta} ight)-left(dfrac{y}{δ} ight)2.find an expression for boundary layer thickness (δ).Sher stress (τ)interns of reynolds number(10 marks)

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