Instructor: Prof. Dr.

Behiç MERT 2018-2019 Fall

TA: Res.Asst. Kübra ERTAN

FDE224 Food Engineering Operations I

HOMEWORK 2 (DUE DATE:30/11/2018)

1. Consider an incompressible fluid laminarly flowing

in a tube with circular cross section, inclined at an angle
β to the vertical. The fluid flows upward due to pressure
difference created by the pump. End effects may be
neglected since the tube length L is relatively long
compared to the tube radius R. According to this
information:

a. Using a differential shell momentum balance, find the

velocity profile for a Newtonian fluid. Obtain the
expressions for maximum and average velocity.
b. Determine the velocity distribution using both
equation of continuity and equation of motion.

2. A Newtonian fluid is in laminar flow in a narrow slit formed by two parallel walls a distance
2B apart. It is understood that B<<W, so that edge effects are not important.

a. Make a differential momentum balance and obtain expressions

for the momentum-flux and velocity distributions.
b. What is the ratio of average velocity to the maximum velocity
for this flow?
c. Allowing the wall at x=B to move in the positive z direction at
a steady speed νo ; obtain i) the shear stress distribution, ii) the
velocity distribution.

3. A Newtonian fluid flows upward between two parallel plates a

distance 2B apart. While the left plate is moving downward at a constant
velocity vo, the right plate is moving upward with 3vo. If the flow of the
fluid is obtained only by the movement of these two plates, make
necessary assumptions and obtain the velocity profile under steady
conditions.