Transport

Phenomena CHEN 3001

Week1tutorialsolutions

1.

BasedonBernoulliequation,

1 2
p p1

v2,ave v12,ave g z 2 z1 2
F Ws 0 .

2
Thefrictionlosscanthenbecalculated:

F 101 .2 J/kg
2.

Considerthehydraulicpressureintube,andcalculatethekinematicviscosityoftheoil
directlyfromtheHagenPoiseuilleequation.

9.258 x 10 6 m 2 s
Usingatypicaloildensity=900kg/m3,
0.00833 Pa.s
CheckReynoldsnumber(flowhastobelaminar).
3.

Schematicdiagram:

2B

Widthofslit=W,length=L.Youcaneitherapplyshellbalanceorthecontinuityand
momentumequationstoderivethevelocitydistribution.
a. Boundaryconditions:Atx=B, v z 0 andatx=B, v z 0 .

xz

p pL
dv z
0
x and
dx
L
W

b.

v z , averate

v dx dy p

dx dy
0

vz

2
p0 p L 2 x
B 1
2L
B

p L B 2

3L

c. Sameprocedureas(a),exceptslightlydifferentboundaryconditions:Atx=B, v z 0
andatx=B, v z V0
d. xz

vz

Vo
V p
dv z
p

x
x 0
2B L
2B
dx
L

V x
p 2

B x 2 0 1
2L
2 B

and