PROBLEM SET-1

Important Note: This problem set is for your own studies and it will not be collected.
In all problems below you can use
water
= 110
-6
m
2
s and
oil
= !10
-!
m
2
s
1) " !0 mm diameter no##le terminates a $ertical 1!0 mm pipeline in which water flows
downward. "t a point on the pipeline a pressure %a%e reads 2&6 '(a. If this point is ).60 m
abo$e the no##le tip and the headloss between the point and tip* is 1.!0 m* calculate the
flowrate.
2) The $elocity distribution for fully-de$eloped laminar flow in a pipe is %i$en by
1
1
]
1

,
_

2
2
1
+ R
r
dx
dh R
V
x

where

,
_

+ z
P
h

,etermine the radial distance from the pipe a-is at which the $elocity e.uals the a$era%e
$elocity
3) " reser$oir is dischar%ed into atmosphere throu%h a pipe of 10 cm diameter and 2000 m
len%th. The dischar%e is 1.!0 ltsec. The 'inematic $iscosity and the specific wei%ht of the
li.uid are 0.12 cm
2
sec and 0./ tm
)
. ,etermine the state of the flow and depth in the reser$oir
01e%lect the entrance loss2.
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4) If the headloss in a smooth pipe* which has a len%th and diameter of 1!0 m and &! mm
respecti$ely* is 21 m when the flowrate is /.! ltsec. Is the flow laminar or turbulent 9
5) The same fluid 0problem +2 flows throu%h )00 m-len%th and &! mm diameter and )00 m-
len%th and 100 mm diameter smooth pipes. The two flows are ad:usted so that their 8eynolds
numbers are the same. ;hat is the ratio between their head losses9
6) In a laminar flow of 0.00& m
)
s in a &! mm- diameter pipeline the shearin% stress at the
pipe wall is 'nown to be +&.< '(a. =alculate the $iscosity of the fluid
7) ;ater flows throu%h a diameter of )00 mm inclined pipeline )00 m lon% runnin% from
ele$ation <0 m to &! m. " pressure %a%e at ele$ation <0 m reads 2&! '(a and one at ele$ation
&! m reads )+! '(a. =alculate head loss* direction of flow* and shear stress at the pipe wall
and &! mm from the pipe wall.
8) " diameter of )00 mm pipe lea$es a reser$oir with a surface ele$ation of <0 m at ele$ation
&! m and drops to ele$ation +! m* where it terminates in a &! mm >diameter no##le. If the
total head loss throu%h the line and no##le is < m* calculate the flow rate.
9) =alculate the flowrate of water throu%h the cast iron pipeline shown in the fi%ure below.
Include all head losses.
?
1
?
1
= 0.0!
! m
1 m
,
1
= !0 mm
@
1
=1! m
,
2
= 100 mm
@
2
=)0 m
?
2
?
)
1) ;ater flows in the parallel pipeline system shown below. In the first pipe the dischar%e is
0.1+0 m
)
s and the diameter is 0.)0 m. Aoth pipes are smooth and ha$e e.ual len%ths.
=alculate the diameter of the second pipe which should carry 0.2/0 m
)
s.
11) The pump is re.uired to mantain the flowrate which would ha$e occured without any
friction. =alculate the re.uired pump power by ne%lectin% minor losses.
12) If the turbine e-tracts +00 '; from the flow* what flowrate must be passin% throu%h the
system9
B
1
= 0.1+ m
)
s
,
1
= )00 mm
,
2
= 9
B
2
= 0.2/ m
)
s
13) The flowrate throu%h the followin% pipeline and no##le system when there is no pump is
0.2/ m
)
s. 6ow much power must be supplied by the pump to produce the same flowrate with
a 100 mm diameter no##le at the end of the line9 The pipe is %al$ani#ed iron.
14) ;ater is flowin% with a flow rate of !00 ltsec. ,etermine the diameter of the commercial
steel pipe.
15) =alculate the ma%nitude and the direction of the manometer readin% for the smooth pipe
section %i$en in the below fi%ure.
16) ;ater flows throu%h a smooth pipe of ) cm diameter with a pressure drop of 1.+1 '%fcm
2
alon% &0 m len%th. =alculate the flow rate.
17) In the fi%ure below find the dischar%es for water with the followin% pipe data and
reser$oir ele$ations
@
1
= )00 m ,
1
= 1 m '
s1
,
1
= 0.0002
@
2
= 600 m ,
2
= 0.+! m '
s2
,
2
= 0.002
@
)
= 1000 m ,
)
= 0.60 m '
s)
,
)
= 0.001
18) If there is no pump* 0.1+ m
)
s of water would flow throu%h this pipe system. =alculate the
pump power re.uired to mantain the same flow rate in the opposite direction.
19) Ay the help of a pump* water is deli$ered from the main reser$oir two ser$ice reser$oirs.
Cor the data %i$en on the fi%ure* calculate B
1
* B
2
and pump power.
2) =onsiderin% the below system* calculate the flow rates and draw 7D@
@
1
= 1!0 m ,
1
= 0.!0 m '
s1
= 0.0! mm
@
2
= 1!0 m ,
2
= 0.2! m f
2
= 0.01!
@
)
= )00 m ,
)
= 0.+0 m f
)
= 0.01!
@
+
= +00 m ,
+
= 0.20 m f
+
= 0.01!
@
!
= 200 m ,
!
= 0.!0 m f
!
= 0.01!