Transport

Phenomena CHEN 3001

Week1tutorial

TOPIC:Fluidmechanicsrevision,understandingtheconceptsofmolecularandconvective
momentumtransport,andtheapplicationofshellbalances

1. Soybeanoilisbeingpumpedthroughapipeof0.7cmdiameteratasteadymassflowrateof
0.92kg/s.Apumpsupplies209.2J/kgmassoffluidflowing.Theentranceabsolutepressure
intheinletpipetothepumpis103.4kN/m2.Theexitsectionofthepipedownstreamfrom
thepumpis3.35mabovetheentranceandtheexitpressureis172.4kN/m2.Calculatethe
frictionlossinthesystem.Thetemperatureis303K.Thedensityofsoybeanoilatthis
temperatureis919kg/m3anditsviscosity0.04Pa.s.

2. Acommontypeofviscometerforliquidsconsistsofarelativelylargereservoirwithavery
slenderoutlettube,therateofoutflowbeingdeterminedbytimingthefallinthesurface
level.Ifoilofconstantdensity(900kg/m3)flowsoutoftheviscometerattherateof0.273
cm3/s,whatisthekinematicviscosityofthefluid?Thetubediameteris0.18cm,andits
heightis55cm.Thediameterofthereservoirabovethetubeis8cm.

3. ANewtonianfluidisinlaminarflowinanarrowslitformedbytwoparallelwallsadistance
2Bapart(Bismuchsmallerthanthewidthofthewalls,W,suchthatedgeeffectsare
unimportant).
a. Makedifferentialmomentumbalance,andobtainexpressionsforthemomentum
fluxandvelocitydistributions
b. Whatistheaveragevelocityforthisflow?
c. Ifthewallatx=Bmovesinthepositivezdirectionatasteadyspeedofv0,whatisthe
shearstressdistributionandvelocitydistributionoftheflow?

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