Sg ucsi FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT FINAL EXAMINATION Student ID (in Figures) * | ‘Student ID (in Words) Subject Code & Name : EV201 Fluid Mechanics Semester May — August 2013 Instructor/Examiner/Lecturer : Mohammed Al - Gailani Duration :3 Hours INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: There is (6) questions set. Answer any FIVE (5) questions (Total 100 marks). This question paper consists of 5 pages, excluding the cover page. Answers to the questions are to be written in the answer booklet. Candidates are not allowed to bring into the Examination Hall textbooks, lecture notes, files or any materials except writing equipment and scientific calculator. Electronic dictionaries are strictly prohibited. This question paper must be submitted along with all used and/or unused rough papers and/or graph papers (if any). Candidates are NOT allowed to take any examination materials out of the examination hall, Warning: ‘The University Examination Board of UCSI University regards cheating as a most serious offence and will not hesitate to mete out the appropriate punitive actions according to the severity of the offence committed, and in accordance with the clauses stipulated in the Students? Handbook, up to and ineluding expulsion from UCSI University.‘Note: You may use the density of the water p = 1000 kg/m’, 1@) () A5 m high, 6 m wide rectangular plate blocks the end of a 5 m deep freshwater channel, as shown in Figure Qla. The plate is hinged about a horizontal axis along its upper edge through a point A and is restrained from opening by a fixed ridge at point B. Determine the force exerted on the plate by the ridge, (10 marks) Water flows in a channel whose bottom slope is 0.002 and whose cross section is as shown in Figure QI. The dimensions and the Manning coefficients for the surfaces of different subsections are also given on the figure. Determine the flow rate through the channel and the effective Manning coefficient for the channel, (10 marks) 6m ‘sesesaeeetet |peeegeeeeceeeeet 10m Light brush aS ny = 0.050 Figure Q1b- Final May - August 2013 Page 1 of § EV 201 Fluid Mechanics@) ) © Water is flowing through a Venturi meter whose diameter is 7 cm at the entrance part and 4.cm at the throat. The pressure is measured to be 380 kPa at the entrance and 150 kPa at the throat. Neglecting frictional effects, determine the flow rate of water (20 marks) During a high Reynolds number experiment, the total drag force acting on a spherical body of diameter D = 12 em subjected to airflow at 1 atm and 5 °C is measured to be 5.2 N. The pressure drag acting on the body is calculated by integrating the pressure distribution (measured by the use of pressure Sensors throughout the surface) to be 4.9 N. Determine: (a). The friction drag coefficient of the sphere, (10 marks) (b). Verified the flow over the sphere. (10 marks) ‘An engineering student considers using a fan as a levitation demonstration, as shown in Figure Q4. She plans to face the box-enclosed fan so the air blast is directed face down through a 90 cm diameter blade span area, ‘The system weighs 22 N, and the student will secure the system from rotating. By increasing the power to the fan, she plans to increase the blade rpm and air exit velocity until the exhaust provides sufficient upward force to ‘cause the box fan to hover in the air, Determine ‘The air exit velocity to produce 22 N. (7 marks) ‘The volumetric flow rate needed. (5 marks) The minimum mechanical power that must be supplied to the airstream. Take the air density to be 1.25 kg/m’. (8 marks) i 600 rpm Figure Q4 Final May ~ August 2013 Page 2 of 5 EV 201 Fluid Mechanics6(a) (b) A periodic Karmdn vortex street is formed when a uniform stream flows over a circular cylinder as shown in Figure Q5. Use the method of repeating variables to generate a dimensionless relationship for Kadrmdn vortex shedding frequency f, as a function of free- stream speed F, fluid density p, fluid viscosity and cylinder diameter D. Show all your work. (20 marks) Figure QS A certain part of cast iron piping of a water distribution system involves a parallel section, as shown in Figure Q6. Both parallel pipes have a diameter of 30 cm, and the flow can be assumed to be fully turbulent, One of the branches (pipe A) is 1000 m long while the other branch (pipe B) is 3000 m long. If the flow rate through pipe A is 0.4 m’/s, determine the flow rate through pipe B, Disregard minor losses and assume the Water temperature to be 15 °C. (12 marks) Prove that the flow in part (a) is fully turbulent, and thus the friction factor is independent of Reynolds number. (8 marks) sity of water at 15 °C are p = 999.1 kg/m® and 0.00026 m.) (The density and dynamic vis 10 1.138 10° kg/m s, The roughness of cast iron pipe is & 1000 m SC em A X— 2000 LY N < seed Figure Q6 Final May ~ August 2013 Page 3 of 5 EV 201 Fluid MechanicsFigure a2 “ssouy3no8 aNNEIA ay saqurU spjousoy Psorony wonayy Sec) Figure 1: Moody’s chart EV 201 Fluid Mechanics Page 4 of 5 Final May - August 2013Tables Pinal May ~ August 2013 ‘Table 1: Meaning coefficient Wall Material A. Artificially lined channels Glass 0.010 Brass 0.011 Steel, smooth 0.012 Steel, painted 0.014 Steel, riveted 0.015 Cast iron 0.013 Concrete, finished 0.012 Concrete, unfinished 0.014 Wood, planed 0.012 Wood, unplaned 0.013 Clay tile 0.014 Brickwork ao1s Asphalt 0.016 Corrugated metal 0.022 Rubble masonry 0.025 8. Excavated earth channels Clean 9.022 Gravelly 0.025 Weedy 0.030 Stony, cobbles 0.035 . Natural channels Glean and straight 0.030 Sluggish with deep pools 0.040 Major rivers 0.035 Mountain streams 0.050 D. Floodplains Pasture, farmland 0.035 Light brush 0.050 Heavy brush 0.075 Trees. 0.150 Page $ of 5 EV 201 Fluid Mechanics