ID:Quiz:No.

2Time:15minutes
Name:Course:58:160,Fall2009

Air flows steadily through the variable area pipe shown in the figure. Determine the flow rate Q if viscous
and compressibility effects are negligible. (a=12 N/m3; w=9800 N/m3)

Stagnationpoint

Solutions:

2
H

h=

V12
p2 V22
2
+
+ z1 =
+
+ z2 ; z1 = z2 ;V2 = 0
p2 p1 (Q / A1 )
=
a 2g
a 2g

2g
a

Q = A1V1 V1 = Q / A1

p1

p p1

2
Q 2 = 2
2 g / 4 / d12

d12 p2 p1

Q=
2 g
4 a

p1 + a gH + w gh = p2 + a g (H + h ) p2 p1 = h ( w a )

d12 h ( w a )

Q=
2 g
4
a

Q=

0.22 0.1 (9800 12 )

4

12

2 9.81 = 1.257 m3 / s