Benha University Subject: Fluid and thermal systems

Faculty of Engineering- Shoubra Code: MPE 101

EEC Program Date: 20 /11/2019
Midterm Exam Duration : 40
30 mins.
• Answer the following (Two questions in One page) (15 Marks) Model (A)

Question No. One

(a) Choose the correct answer (4 Marks)
1. The specific gravity of a fluid is specified to be 0.82. The specific volume of this fluid
is…………………
(a) 0.001 m3/kg (b) 0.00122 m3/kg (c) 0.0082 m3/kg (d) 820 m3/kg
2. A 0.4-mm-diameter glass tube is inserted into water at 20°C in a cup. The surface tension of
water at 20°C is σs = 0.073 N/m. The contact angle can be taken as zero degrees. The
capillary rise of water in the tube is………………
(a) 2.9 cm (b) 7.4 cm (c) 5.1 cm (d) 14.0 cm
3. During………………., the fluid properties can change from point to point within a device,
but at any fixed point they remain constant.
(a) laminar flow (b) unsteady flow (c) steady flow (d) turbulent flow
4. The absolute pressure in a tank is measured to be 35 kPa. If the atmospheric pressure is
100 kPa, the vacuum pressure in the tank is…………..
(a) 35 kPa (b) 100 kPa (c) 65 kPa (d) 0 kPa
5. Consider a hydraulic car jack with a piston diameter ratio of 9. A person can lift a 2000-kg
car by applying a force of……………
(a) 242.2 N (b) 19,620 N (c) 19.6 N (d) 2000 N
6. A vertical rectangular wall with a width of 20 m and a height of 12 m is holding a 7-m-deep
water body. The resultant hydrostatic force acting on this wall is……………. (disregard Patm)
(a) 1370 kN (b) 4806.9 kN (c) 9740 kN (d) 30607.2 kN
7. A vertical rectangular wall with a width of 20 m and a height of 12 m is holding a 7-m-deep
water body. The line of action ycp for the resultant hydrostatic force on this wall is………..
(a) 16.42 m (b) 9.67 m (c) 4.67 m (d) 2.33 m
8. …………………is the rise or fall of a liquid in a small-diameter tube inserted into the liquid.
(a) Cohesion (b) Surface tension (c) Adhesion (d) Capillary effect

(b) A thin 30-cm × 30-cm flat plate is pulled at 3 m/s

horizontally through a 3.6-mm-thick oil layer sandwiched
between two plates, one stationary and the other moving
at a constant velocity of 0.3 m/s. The dynamic viscosity of
the oil is 0.027 Pa.s. Determine the force that needs to be
applied on the plate to maintain this motion. (4 Marks)

Question No. Two

The water in a tank is pressurized by air, and the pressure is
measured by a multifluid manometer as shown in the figure.
Determine the gage pressure of air in the tank if h1 = 0.4 m,
h2 = 0.6 m, and h3 = 0.8 m. Take the densities of water, oil, and
mercury to be 1000 kg/m3, 850 kg/m3, and 13,600 kg/m3,
respectively. (7 Marks)

Good luck
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