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FUNDAMENTAL OF
FLUID FLOWS
CEng 138 - HYDRAULICS
SP-1

Benzene (s.g.=0.876) flows through a 100-mm

diameter pipe at a mean velocity of 3.00 m/s.
FIND:
a. Volume flow rate (m3/s, L/min)
b. Weight flow rate
c. Mass flow rate
SP-2

Water enters the mixing

device shown in the Figure
at 150L/s through a pipe A,
while oil (s.g.=0.8) is forced in
30L/s through pipe B. If the
liquids are incompressible
and form a homogeneous
mixture of oil globules in
water, find the average ANS: v = 2.5465 m/s ;
velocity and density of 𝜌 = 965.33 k/m3
mixture leaving through the
30-cm diameter pipe C.
SP-3

A 100-mm diameter suction

pipe leading to a pump, as
shown in Figure, carries a
discharge of 0.0300 m3/s of oil
(s.g.= 0.85). If pressure at point A
in the suction pipe is a vacuum
of 180mmHg, find the total
energy head at point A with
respect to a datum at the
pump.
ANS: H = -3.336 m
SP-4

A 150-mm diameter jet of

water is discharging from a
nozzle into the air at a
velocity of 36.0 m/s. Find the
power in the jet with respect
to a datum at the jet.
ANS: H = 412. 24 kW
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Water flows at a rate of 0.035 m3/s in a horizontal

diameter is reduced from 15cm to 8cm by a
reducer. If the pressure at the centerline is
measured to be 480kPa and 445 kPa before and
after the reducer, respectively, determine the
irreversible head loss in the reducer. Take the
kinetic energy correction factors to be 1.05.