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Kmu 224 - Fluid Mechanics

This document contains a homework assignment with 3 fluid mechanics problems. Problem 1 involves calculating the maximum height water can be pumped given pump power and efficiency. Problem 2 involves calculating water velocity and level changes in a tank being filled and drained. Problem 3 involves calculating friction head loss in a pipe given pressure changes when open and closed. Additional problems involve pump efficiency, salt concentration changes over time in a mixing tank, and calculating velocity and pressure at a pipe section.

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Kmu 224 - Fluid Mechanics

This document contains a homework assignment with 3 fluid mechanics problems. Problem 1 involves calculating the maximum height water can be pumped given pump power and efficiency. Problem 2 involves calculating water velocity and level changes in a tank being filled and drained. Problem 3 involves calculating friction head loss in a pipe given pressure changes when open and closed. Additional problems involve pump efficiency, salt concentration changes over time in a mixing tank, and calculating velocity and pressure at a pipe section.

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KMU 224- FLUID MECHANICS March 14th, 2018

HOMEWORK 2
(Due to 22 March, 2018)

1. As shown in the Figure 1, a pump draws 0.236 dm3/s water and discharges it through a
10-cm pipe. The 10-cm pipe discharges into air at point C. To what height h above the
water surface at A can the water be raised if 35 kW is delivered to the pump? Assume that
the pump operates at 60% efficiency and that the head loss in the pipe between A and C
is equal to 2 times the velocity head. Assume α= 1.0 at all locations.

Figure 1

2. The water tank in the Figure 2 is being filled through section 1 at V1= 3 m/s and through
section 3 Q3=0.01 m3/s. (a) If the water level h is constant, determine the exit velocity V 2.
(b) Derive an analytic expression for the water-level change dh/dt in terms of volumetric
flows (Q1, Q2, Q3) and tank diameter d. (c) If the h=3 m and V2=7 m/s, calculate the level
of the water in the tank after 3 min by assuming d=1 m.

Figure 2
KMU 224- FLUID MECHANICS March 14th, 2018

3. The long pipe in Figure 3 is filled with water at 20°C. When valve A is closed, p1- p2=
75 kPa. When the valve is open and water flows at 500 m3/h, p1 - p2=160 kPa. What is the
friction head loss between 1 and 2, in m, for the flowing condition?

Figure 3
KMU 224- FLUID MECHANICS March 14th, 2018

ADDITIONAL STUDY PROBLEMS

1. As shown in the figure, water is pumped to a storage tank at a given elevation which
is 20 m higher from a lake. The volumetric flow rate of water is 70 m3/s. The pump-
motor draws 20.4 kW of electrical power. Assume that the elevations of the tank and
the lake remain constant. Frictional losses in the pipes, the changes in kinetic
energy and the elevation difference across the pump are negligible. Determine the
overall efficiency of the pump-motor unit and the pressure difference between the
inlet and the exit of the pump.

2. A storage vessel is well stirred and contains 5000 kg of total solution with a
concentration of 5.0% salt. A solution containing 15% salt is introduced into the
vessel at a rate of 40 kg/h and a constant withdrawal rate of 60 kg/h is also started.
These two flows remain constant thereafter. Derive an equation relating the outlet
withdrawal concentration as a function of time. Also, calculate the concentration of
the salt left from the tank after 20 hours?

3. Water flows from section 1 to section 2 in the pipe shown in the figure. The velocity
and the pressure at section 1 are 2m/s and 300 kPa, respectively. Determine the
velocity of flow and the fluid pressure at section 2. Assume the total head loss from
section 1 to section 2 is 3 m.

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