ME422 Fluid Mechanics II

Homework No 6

Assignment session No 6 will be on 27th November at 10:00 am in FME Exam. Hall

Attempt problems:

Source: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 7th Edition, by Munson,

Okiishi, Huebsch & Rothmayer, John Wiley & Sons

Problems: 11.1R-11.6R, 11.22, 11.23, 11.24, 11.28, 11.32, 11.37

Four more problems from other sources:

1. Given the Pitot stagnation temperature and pressure

and the static-pressure measurements in figure, estimate
the air velocity V, assuming (a) incompressible flow and
(b) compressible flow.
Answer: (a) 267 m/s; (b) 286 m/s

2. A large rocket engine delivers hydrogen at 1500°C and 3 MPa, k = 1.41, R = 4124 J/(kg K), to
a nozzle which exits with gas pressure equal to the ambient pressure of 54 kPa. Assuming
isentropic flow, if the rocket thrust is 2 MN, what is (a) the exit velocity and (b) the mass flow of
hydrogen?
Answer: (a) 5890 m/s; (b) 340 kg/s

3. A force F = 1100 N pushes a piston of diameter 12 cm through an insulated cylinder containing

air at 20°C. The exit diameter is 3 mm, and pa = 1 atm.
V
Estimate (a) Ve , (b) p , and (c) me
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Answer: (a) 313 m/s; (b) 0.124 m/s; (c) 0.00331 kg/s
4. Air flows steadily from a reservoir at 20°C through a nozzle of exit area 20 cm2 and strikes a
vertical plate. The flow is subsonic throughout. A force of 135 N is required to hold the plate
stationary. Compute (a) Ve , (b) Ma e , and (c) p0 if pa  101 kPa
Answer: (a) 226 m/s; (b) 0.69; (c) 139 kPa