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This document contains a homework assignment for a fluid mechanics course. It includes 12 problems related to fluid properties, fluid flow, pressure, viscosity, surface tension, and hydraulic systems. Students are asked to calculate things like the mass of air breathed in per day, viscosity from a viscometer measurement, velocity profiles in layered fluid flows, surface tension from capillary rise, pressures at different depths, and piston diameters for hydraulic systems. The problems cover a variety of fundamental fluid mechanics concepts.

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Homework 1

This document contains a homework assignment for a fluid mechanics course. It includes 12 problems related to fluid properties, fluid flow, pressure, viscosity, surface tension, and hydraulic systems. Students are asked to calculate things like the mass of air breathed in per day, viscosity from a viscometer measurement, velocity profiles in layered fluid flows, surface tension from capillary rise, pressures at different depths, and piston diameters for hydraulic systems. The problems cover a variety of fundamental fluid mechanics concepts.

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NTU ESOE 2006 – Fluid Mechanics – 2023 Fall – Homework#1

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1. Which famous person in fluid mechanics is your team named after? Give a brief
description (200-300 words) of this person and mention at least one major contribution
this person made towards the understanding of fluid mechanics.
2. On average, an adult person breathes in about 7.0 liters of air per minute. Assuming
atmospheric pressure and 20°C air temperature, estimate the mass of air in kilograms
that a person breathes in per day.
3. What is a Newtonian fluid? Is water a Newtonian fluid?
4. The viscosity of a fluid is to be measured by a viscometer constructed of two 75-cm-long
concentric cylinders. The outer diameter of the inner cylinder is 15 cm, and the gap
between the two cylinders is 1 mm. The inner cylinder is rotated at 300 rpm, and the
torque is measured to be 0.8 N·m. Determine the viscosity of the fluid.
5. A thin 30-cm x 30-cm flat plate is pulled at 3 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 in the figure below. The dynamic viscosity of the oil is 0.027
Pas. Assuming the velocity in each oil layer to vary linearly, (a) plot the velocity profile
and find the location where the oil velocity is zero and (b) determine the force that needs
to be applied on the plate to maintain this motion.

6. A 1.6-mm-diameter tube is inserted into an unknown liquid whose density is 960 kg/m3,
and it is observed that the liquid rises 5 mm in the tube, making a contact angle of 15°.
Determine the surface tension of the liquid.
7. A capillary tube is immersed vertically in a water container. Knowing that water starts to
evaporate when the pressure drops below 2 kPa, determine the maximum capillary rise
and tube diameter for this maximum-rise case. Take the contact angle at the inner wall of
the tube to be 6° and the surface tension to be 1.00 N/m.
8. A pressure gage connected to a tank reads 500 kPa at a location where the atmospheric
pressure is 94 kPa. Determine the absolute pressure in the tank.
9. A diver’s watch resists an absolute pressure of 5.5 bar. At an ocean having density of
1025 kg/m3 and exposing an atmospheric pressure of 1 bar, what depth can maximally
the diver dive to prevent water inlet into his watch? 1 bar = 105 Pa and g = 9.81 m/s2.
10. The water in a tank is pressurized by air, and the pressure is measured by a multifluid
manometer as shown below. Determine the gage pressure of air in the tank if ℎ1 = 0.4
m, ℎ2 = 0.6 m, and ℎ3 = 0.8 m. Take the densities of water, oil, and mercury to be 1000
kg/m3, 850 kg/m3, and 13600 kg/m3, respectively.
11. The gage pressure of the air in the tank shown below is measured to be 50 kPa.
Determine the differential height h of the mercury column.

12. A hydraulic lift is to be used to lift a 2500 kg weight by putting a weight of 25 kg on a


piston with a diameter of 10 cm. Determine the diameter of the piston on which the
weight is to be placed.

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