ADVANCEDENGINEERING

FLUID DYNAMICS
MCEG5163
FALL 2016
HomeAssignment
Due;,September
21",2016
1.

Consider the axial Couette flow as shovm in the following figure with both
cylindersmoving. Find the velocity distributionu@a,lldplot it for (a) Ul - Us, (b)
Ur : -Uo and (c) Ur : 2Ue.Commenton the results.
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2.

Assuming that the velocity distributon betweenrotating concentriccylinders is

know from the following equation

u.- = f -^ @n --;-----------

:rJro-

ro/rl

Find the pressuredistributionp(y' ifthe pressureispe at the inner cylinder.

3.

Derive the solutionu(y,z) for flow throughan elliptical duct asshownin the figure by _
solvingthe equationgiven be1ow.Begin with a guessedquadraticsolution,u : A + Bf +
Cl, andwork your way though tp the exactsolution.

dzu 62u= -1- -di =

const
:; r:t
oY

4.

dz'

IL dx

It is desiredto measuetheyiscosityof light lubricatingoils (p = 0.02to 0.1Pa.s)by

passingapproximately1 m3,4rof fluid tkough an annulusof lbngth30 cm with inner and
outerradii of9 and 10 mm, respectively.Estimatethe expectedpressuredrcp throughthe
deviceand an approgriateinskumentfor the pres$uemeasurement.

5.

A Couettpwnp coosistsofa rctating imer cylinder anda baffled entranceandodt, as

shownin the figure below. Assumingzero circumferentialpresswegadient and
(a-b)<<a,derive formulasfor SAE 30 oil at 20 oC,with a = 10 qn, b = 9 cm, and o =
600rpm.

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