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Example 2.1
A compressed air tank has a volume of 0.05 m
3
. When the tank is
filled with air at a gage pressure of 10 MPa, determine the density of
the air and the mass of air in the tank. Assume the temperature is 15
o
C and the atmospheric pressure is 101 kPa.
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Example 2.1a
A velocity field is given by
Find:
1. Determine the velocity of a particle at point (2, 8)
2. Equations of streamlines in the x-y plane
3. Plot the streamline passing through the point (2, 8)
4. If the particle passing through the point (x
0
, y
0
) is
marked at time t = 0, determine the location of the
particle at t = 6 s?
5. Show that the equation of the particle path is the
same as the equation of the streamline.
) / ( 3 . 0 3 . 0 s m j y i x V
r r r
=
3
4
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(a) The kinematic viscosity of the liquid (SI units)
(b) The shear stress and its direction on the upper plate
(c) The shear stress and its direction on the lower plate
Example 2.2 An infinite plate is moved over a second plate. Assume
a linear velocity distribution in fluid. The dynamic viscosity of the
liquid =6.510
-4
kg/(ms) and SG=0.88.
Determine:
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Example 2.4 One cubic meter of helium at an absolute
pressure of 101.33 kPa is compressed isentropically to 0.5 m
3
.
What is the final pressure. The value for k is 1.66.
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Example 2.5
A jet aircraft flies at a speed of 1000 km/h at an altitude of 12,000 m,
where the temperature is -50
o
C. Determine the ratio of the speed of
the aircraft, V, to that of the speed of sound, c, at the specified
altitude. Assume k = 1.40.
Solution:
The speed of sound:
s m kRT c / 38 . 299 ) 50 15 . 273 ( 9 . 286 4 . 1 = = =
The speed of the aircraft is
s m V / 78 . 277
3600
1000
1000 = =
The speed ratio (defined as Mach number):
92 . 0
38 . 299
78 . 277
= =
c
V
Subsonic speed