BHARATHIYAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

CYCLE TEST -II
MECHANICS OF FLUID

YEAR: II A & B DURATION: 9.20 TO 11.00 A.M

DATE: 23.09.2015 MAX. MARKS= 50

Answer all the Questions (5 × 2= 10)

1. State the assumptions made in the derivation of Bernoulli’s equation.

2. What is meant by dimensional homogeneity?
3. Differentiate between laminar and turbulent flow.
4. What is meant by Reynolds’s number?
5. Define momentum equation.

Answer any four of the following (4 × 10= 40)

1. Derive Euler’s equation of motion along a stream line for an ideal fluid starting
clearly the assumptions. Explain how this is integrated to get Bernoulli’s equation
along at stream-line.

2. The inlet and throat diameter of a horizontal venturimeter are 30 cm and 10cm
respectively. The liquid flowing through the meter is water. The pressure i9ntensity at
inlet is 13.734 N/cm2 while the vacuum p-pressure head at the throat is 37 cm of
mercury. Find the rate of flow. Assume that 4% of the differential head is lost between
inlet and throat. Find also the value of Cd for the venturimeter.

3. Assume that rate of discharge Q of a centrifugal Pump is dependent upon the mass
density ρ of the fluid; pump speed N (rpm); the diameter of impeller D; the pressure
P, and the viscosity of the fluid µ. show using the Buckingham π theorem that
discharge can be represented by,
Q =ND3f [(gH/N2D2), (µ/ρND2)]

4. The pressure difference Δp in a pipe of diameter D and length L due to turbulent flow
depends on the velocity V, viscosity µ , density ρ and roughness k. Using
Buckingham’s π theorem, obtain an expression for Δp

5. Using Buckingham’s … theorem show that the velocity through a circular orifice is
given by V=√2gHØ(D/H, µ/ℓVH), where H is the head causing flow, D is the
diameter of the orifice, µ is co-efficient of viscosity, ℓ is the mass density and g is the
acceleration due to gravity.