‫غالم اسحق خان انسٹیٹیوٹ براے انجیئر نگ سائنسزوٹیکنالوجی‬ Lecture # 11

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of

Engineering Science and Technology

Fluid Mechanics-I (ME321)

By
M.Mohib Ur Rehman
MSc. Energy and Power Engineering
BSc. Mechanical Engineering
Email: mohib@giki.edu.pk

‫فیکلٹی براے میکینکل انجینئرنگ‬

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Example The cross section for the fuel tank of an experimental vehicle is shown in
figure. The rectangular tank is vented to the atmosphere, and a pressure transducer is
located in its side as illustrated. During testing of the vehicle, the tank is subjected to a
constant linear acceleration, ay . (a) Determine an expression that relates ay and the
pressure (in lb/ft2) at the transducer for a fuel with a SG = 0.65. (b) What is the
maximum acceleration that can occur before the fuel level drops below the transducer?

0.15 m

0.25 m 0.25 m
Problem An open container of oil rests on the flatbed of a truck that is traveling along a
horizontal road at 100 km/hr. As the truck slows uniformly to a complete stop in 100 s,
what will be the slope of the oil surface during the period of constant deceleration?
 Pressure Variation in a Fluid with Rigid-Body Motion
Rigid-Body Rotation
A fluid contained in a tank that rotates with a constant angular velocity about an axis
will rotate as a rigid body

Rigid-body rotation of a
liquid in a tank
 Pressure Variation in a Fluid with Rigid-Body Motion
Rigid-Body Rotation
A fluid contained in a tank that rotates with a constant angular velocity about an axis
will rotate as a rigid body
p p p
Pressure gradients (details) :   r 2 0  
r  z

p p
Differential pressure dp  dr  dz or dp   r 2 dr   dz
r z

Rigid-body rotation of a
liquid in a tank
 Pressure Variation in a Fluid with Rigid-Body Motion
Rigid-Body Rotation
dz r 2
Along a surface of constant pressure dp = 0, so that 
dr g

 2r 2
and equation for surfaces of constant pressure is z  constant
2g

Surfaces of constant pressure are parabolic

Pressure distribution in a
rotating liquid
 Pressure Variation in a Fluid with Rigid-Body Motion
Rigid-Body Rotation
Pressure distribution
 2 r 2
p   z  constant
2

Pressure varies with the distance from the axis of rotation, but at a fixed radius, the
pressure varies hydrostatically in the vertical direction

Pressure distribution in a
rotating liquid
 End of Lecture

People in the same boat help each

other to cross to the other bank….