1st Year 2nd Semester Final Examination 2013

PME-129
Fluid Mechanics Lab
Marks-50 Time: 2 hr.
ANSWER ANY FIVE QUESTIONS
1. In this problem we will assume that the Reynolds number is high enough to assure
turbulent flow. A pump is located 4.5 m above the surface of a liquid ( ᵞ= 8170 N/m3) in
a closed tank. The pressure in the space above the liquid surface is 35 kN/m2. The
suction line to the pump is 15 m of 15 cm-diameter pipe (f = 0.025). The discharge from
the pump is 60 m of 20 cm-diameter pipe (f = 0.030). This pipe discharges in a
submerged fashion to an open tank whose free liquid surface is 3 m lower than the liquid
surface in the pressure tank. If the pump puts 1.5 kW into the liquid, determine the flow
rate and find the pressure in the pipe on the suction side of pump. 10
2. Suppose in Figure the pipes 1,2, and 3 are 300 m of 30 cm-diameter,150 m of 20 cm-
diameter, and 250 m of 25 cm-diameter, respectively, of new cast iron and are
conveying 15oC water. If h = 10m, find the rate of flow from A to B by a) The
Equivalent-Velocity-Head Method b) The Equivalent-Length-Method. 10
[Use Table-1, Fig.-1]
3. Determine the weight flow rate when air at 20oC and 700 kN/m2, abs flows through a
venture meter if the pressure at the throat of the meter is 400 kN/m2, abs. The diameters
at inlet and throat are 25 and 12.5 cm respectively. Assume that C=0.985. 10
[use Figure. 2]
4. A 5 cm circular orifice (not standard) at the end of a 7.5 cm-diameter pipe discharges
into the atmosphere a measured flow of 17 L/s of water when the pressure in the pipe is
70 kPa. The jet velocity is determined by a pitot tube to be 12 m/. Find the values of the
coefficients Cv, Cc,C. Find also the head loss for inlet to throat. 10

5. a) It is desired to deliver 100 L/s at a head of 270 m with a single-stage pump. What
would be the minimum rotative speed that could be used? 5
b)For the conditions of (a), how many stages must the pump (ns = 10) have if a rotative
speed 600rpm is to be used? 5

6. A pump that will deliver 5.3 m3/s against a head of 68 m when operating at 600 rpm is
desired. Determine the specific speed of this pump and its approximate dimensions.
[Use Fig.3] 10