HYDRAULICS
CE-IC 422 COMPREHENSIVE COURSE 2 Fluid Flow, Measurement, Pipes, Closed Conduits
Additional:
1) A 100 mm diameter Venturi meter is installed in a 250 mm diameter water main. The deflection of mercury
in the differential manometer connected from the inlet to the throat is 375 mm.
a) Determine the discharge neglecting head loss.
b) Compute the discharge if the head lost from the inlet to the throat is 300 mm of water.
c) What is the meter coefficient.
Ans: 0.0766 m3/s, 0.0741 m3/s, 0.967
300 mm
Hg
2) When the flow of water through a horizontal 300 mm x 150 mm Venturi meter (C = 0.95) is 0.11 m3/s, find
the deflection of the mercury in the differential gage attached to the meter.
Ans: 163 mm
h =?
Hg
3) A vertical Venturi meter, 150 mm in diameter is connected to a 300-mm diameter pipe. The vertical distance
from the inlet to the throat is 800 mm. If the deflection of mercury in the differential manometer connected
from the inlet to the throat is 400 mm. If the meter coefficient is 0.72.
a) Determine the flow of water through the meter. Ans: 0.1307 m3/s
b) Determine also the head lost from the inlet to the throat. Ans: 2.43 m
150 mm
800 mm
300 mm
400 mm
4) Neglecting losses, calculate the discharge through the Venturi meter shown.
Ans: 0.036 m3/s
air
200 mm
300 mm
150 mm
water
5) A 150 mm by 50 mm nozzle is attached to the end of a 150 mm pipe. The pressure at the base of the nozzle
where it joins the pipe is 425 kPa and the coefficient of velocity, Cv = 0.98.
a) Determine the velocity of the jet. Ans: 25.57 m/s
b) Determine the head loss of the nozzle. Ans: 1.72 m
6) A 62.5 mm fire hose discharges water through a nozzle having a jet diameter of 25 mm. The lost of head in
the nozzle is 4 percent of the velocity head in the jet. If the gage pressure at the base of nozzle is 412 kPa,
compute the discharge in gpm.
Ans: 221.92 gal/min
7) A 2.5” in fire hose discharges a 1.25 in jet. If the head lost in the nozzle is 6 ft, what gage pressure must be
maintained at the base of the nozzle to throw a stream to a vertical height of 100 ft, neglecting air resistance.
Ans: 43.23 psi
8) A power nozzle throws a jet of water which is 2 in. in diameter. The diameter of the base of the nozzle and of
the approach pipe is 6 in. If the power in the jet is 42 hp and the pressure head at the base of the nozzle is 180
ft, compute the head lost in the nozzle.
Ans: 144.175 ft
9) If the velocity at point A is 18 m/s, what is the pressure at point C if we neglect friction?
Ans: 334.24 kPa
A
15 m
75 mm ø
0.5 m C
200 mm ø
10) The water is flowing from point 1 to point 2. The gage pressure p1 = 180 kPa gage. If the mass flux is 15
kg/s, what is the head loss between 1 and 2? 5 cm ø
Ans: 3.83 m
2
12 m
Gage
8 cm ø
1
11) A glass tube with a 90° bend is open at both ends. It is inserted into a flowing stream of oil (s = 0.90) so that
one of the opening is directed upstream and the other is directed upward. If the oil inside the tube is 50 mm
higher than the surface outside, determine the velocity measured by the tube.
Ans: 0.99 m/s
12) A pitot-static tube (Cv = 0.85) is used to measure air speeds. With water in the differential manometer and a
gage difference of 350 mm, calculate the air speed.
Ans: 63.65 m/s
13) An air is flowing through a system shown. If oil (s = 0.86) shows a deflection of 80 mm, calculate the flow
velocity neglecting head lost.
Ans: 33.195 m/s
80 mm
14) The orifice in Fig. A is 2 in. in diameter and is sharp-edged, with liquid is water with Cc = 0.62 and Cv =
0.98. Pressures PA and PB are atmospheric. The liquid is water with h =16 ft. Determine the jet diameter and
the actual velocity.
Ans: 0.131 ft, 31.46 ft/s PB
PA
Air
Air
water
water
