School of Mechanical Engineering

Problem to Review
1. The wind in a hurricane reaches 200 km/h. Estimate the force of the wind on a window facing the wind in a
high-rise building if the window measures 1 m x· 2 m. Use the density of the air to be 1.2 kg/ m3.
2. Oil with a density of 850 kg/m3 and kinematic viscosity of 0.00062 m2/s is being discharged by a 5-mm-
diameter, 40-m-long horizontal pipe from a storage tank open to the atmosphere. The height of the liquid level
above the center of the pipe is 3 m. Disregarding the minor losses, determine the flow rate of oil through the
pipe.

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3. Water at 10°C (𝜌 = 999.7 𝑚3 𝑎𝑛𝑑𝜇 = 1.307 . 𝑥10−3 𝑘𝑔/𝑚 · 𝑠) is flowing steadily in a 0.20-cm-
diameter, 15-m-long pipe at an average velocity of 1.2 m/s. Determine the pressure drop, (b) the head loss,
and (c) the pumping power requirement to overcome this pressure drop.

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4. Water at 10°C (𝜌 = 999.7 𝑚3 𝑎𝑛𝑑𝜇 = 1.138 . 𝑥10−3 𝑘𝑔/𝑚 · 𝑠 is flowing steadily in a 30-m-long
and 4-cm-diameter horizontal pipe made of stainless steel at a rate of 8 L/s. Determine (a) the
pressure drop, (b) the head loss, and (c) the pumping power requirement to overcome this
pressure drop.

5. Air enters a 7-m-long section of a rectangular duct of cross section 15 cm x 20 cm made of commercial steel
at 1 atm and 35°C at an average velocity of 7 m/s. Disregarding the entrance effects, determine the fan
power needed to overcome the pressure losses in this section of the duct.
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6. In an air heating system, heated air at 40°C and 105 kPa absolute is distributed through a 0.2 m x 0.3 m
rectangular duct made of commercial steel at a rate of 0.5 m3/s. Determine the pressure drop and head loss
through a 40-m long section of the duct.

7. Water at 200 𝐶 flows in a 4-cm-diameter pipe with a flow rate of 0.002 𝑚3 /𝑠. Estimate (a) the
wall shear stress, (b) the maximum velocity, (c) the pressure drop over 20 m, (d) the viscous layer
thickness, and (e) determine if the wall is smooth or rough assuming the roughness elements to
have a height of 0.0015 mm. Use the power-law profile.
8. Calculate the discharge through a pipe of diameter 200mm when the difference of pressure head between
two ends of a pipe 500 m apart is 4m of water. Take the value of 𝑓 = 0.009 in the formula ℎ𝑓 =
𝑉2
4. 𝑓. 𝐿. 𝑑(2𝑔)