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The University of Tripoli / The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Exam 01 – ME 312 Fluid Mechanics

Instructors: Dr. Salem Farhat and Ammar Gwesha

Instructions:
 This is a 75 min, closed-book and notes examination.
 You are permitted to use only a calculator and the property tables & charts provided by the instructors.
 There are 4 questions to be answered. Read the questions very carefully.
 Please limit your answers to three significant digits.

Question 1: (08 min) / 08 pts

a) Clearly define:
1. Fluid
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5. Compressible flow
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b) Draw the hydrostatic pressure distribution on the gate and the vertical wall.

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Question 2: (08 min)
The pilot of an airplane reads the altitude 3000 m and the absolute pressure 58 kPa when flying over a
city. Neglecting the effect of altitude on local gravitational acceleration and density of air, calculate the
local atmospheric pressure in that city in kPa and in mm Hg. Take the densities of air and mercury to be
1.15 kg/m3 and 13,600 kg/m3, respectively.
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Question 3: (20 min) / 20 pts

A thin 20-cm × 20-cm flat plate is pulled at 1 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, as
shown. The dynamic viscosity of oil is 0.027 Pa.s. Assuming the velocity in each oil layer to vary
linearly, (a) determine the fluid velocity at y = 0, 2.6 mm, and 3.6 mm and explain why, (b) plot the
linearly velocity profile and find the location where the oil velocity is zero and (c) determine the force
that needs to be applied on the plate to maintain this motion.
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Question 4: (30 min) / 25 pts

The curved gate shown is 1.5 m wide. Determine:
1. the magnitude of the vertical component FV and horizontal component FH of the hydrostatic force
acting on the gate.
2. the resultant force FR = [FH 2 + FV 2]1/2 and
3. its line of action.
1. FV =

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2. FR =

3. x’ =

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