CE 2703 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics Assignment #1: Fluid Properties Due: 1:30 pm, Thursday Jan.

16, 2014 Please solve each question on a separate page on UNB Engineering paper. Please submit your solutions with a UNB Civil Engineering cover Sheet.

1.

In a falling ball viscometer, the viscosity of the fluid can be found using the equation shown below. A steel ball 1.6 mm in diameter is allowed to fall freely in heavy oil with a specific gravity of 0.94. Steel weighs 77 kN m-3. If the ball is observed to fall 250 mm in 10.3 s, what is the viscosity of the fluid?

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fluid D 2 18V

2.

Mercury does not adhere to a glass surface, so when a glass tube is immersed in a pool of mercury, the meniscus is depressed. The surface tension of mercury is 0.514 N/m and the angle of contact is 40. Find the depression distance, d, if a 1 mm glass tube is inserted into a pool of mercury. air

mercury

40

3. A pressure increase of 3 x 106 N/m2 is applied to a mass of water that original occupied a 2 L volume. If the temperature of the water is 25 C, estimate the volume of the fluid after the pressure is applied.