PROBLEM SET NO.

Answer the following questions in a clean sheet of paper. Write the question before the solution. Show
your complete solution with diagrams and box/highlights your final answer.

1. Water at 10°C has a viscosity of 0.130 stoke flows in a 35 mm diameter pipe at a velocity of 5.5
m/s. Is the flow laminar or turbulent?

2. Oil flows in a 9 in diameter pipe having a viscosity of 1.70 × 10-3 ft2/sec. If the Reynold’s number
was 1750, what will be the velocity of the fluid in m/s?

3. The accepted transition Reynolds number for flow past a smooth sphere is 250 000. At what
velocity in ft/s will this occur for airflow of 1.51 × 10-5 m2/sec in viscosity past a 10 cm diameter
sphere?

4. Water at 10°C has a viscosity of 1.30 × 10-6 m2/sec flows in a ¾ inch diameter pipe at a velocity
of 5.5 m/s. Determine the friction factor.

5. Water having a viscosity of 0.120 stoke flows 221 L/sec in a 25 m pipe long, what is the diameter
in inch of the pipe if the Reynolds number is 150000?

6. A 6 inches diameter water pipe is 20 m long and delivers water at 317 L/sec having a viscosity of
0.102 stoke. What kind of fluid flow in the pipe?

7. An oil with a density of 900 kg/m 3 and a viscosity of 2.1 stokes flows through a pipe having 55
cm diameter and 10 m long and the fluid flows 7640 L/sec, determine
a. Determine the friction factor in the pipe.
b. Determine the head loss in the pipe

8. What is the Reynolds number for a flow of oil with specific gravity of 0.81 and dynamic viscosity
of 0.002 lb-s/ft2 in a 6-in diameter pipe at a flow rate of 10 ft 3/sec. Is the flow laminar or
turbulent?