EMG 3107: FLUID MECHANICS III

Tutorial 3 (Guide for understanding the chapter on flow through pumps and turbines)
NOTE: Take questions 2, 8, 9, 10, 14 and 15 as assignment 3
1. State two classification of fluid machinery and give two example of each.
2. Explain the three classes of rotodynamic machines
3. The real flow through an impeller is three dimensional dictating complexity of the
velocity distribution. List three factors that affect that velocity distribution. How does
one dimensional theory simply this problem of velocity distribution through an
impeller?
4. What is Euler turbine equation?
5. Derive the Euler Turbine Equation
6. Show how Euler Turbine Equation is applied on a fan/centrifugal pump
7. Show how Euler Turbine Equation is applied on an axial flow machine
8. What is an isolated blade? Define pitch and blade solidity in this case.
9. For an isolated blade consideration show that

10. Differentiate between a straight cascade and a circular cascade.

11. Differentiate between an impulse cascade and reaction cascade.
12. What are the two main losses in hydraulic machines?
13. What is boundary layer and under what conditions does it occur?
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