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Instruction:

1. Please put your student ID card on your desk.


2. Please wait until the instructor starts Midterm 1.
3. Feel free to ask questions by raising your hand during the exam. If you have any
questions, need scratch paper, or want to go to the restroom during the exam, raise your
hand and wait until the TA or instructor comes to you.
4. Please keep quiet during the exam.
5. Only non-programmable calculators are allowed. No other electronic devices are
allowed.
6. Show all steps in answering the question as well as the final answer. Little credit will
be given to isolated answers.

Thank you for your cooperation!

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MEC E 331 Fall 2024 – Midterm 1

Start Time: 12:30 am, October 1, 2023 Duration: 60 mins


Total Question: 4
Total Marks: 15

Surname: Given Names: I.D. Number:

Question 1. Fill in the blank.

1a. [1 mark] A streamline is a curve that is everywhere ____________ the instantaneous local velocity
vector. A ____________ is the locus of fluid particles that have passed sequentially through a prescribed
point in the flow.

𝑫
1b. [1 mark] 𝑫𝒕 is called material derivative. It's formed by following a fluid particle as it moves through
the flow field. The material derivative of the pressure is ____________________________________.

1c. [0.5 mark] The below figure shows half of a soap bubble in the air. The soap film has an inner and
outer surface (the thickness of the film can be neglected). The cross-section radius is R (as shown in the
figure). Horizontally, the force caused by surface tension (𝜎# ) is ____________.

1d. [0.5 mark] In the ________ description of fluid motion, we are concerned with field variables, such
as velocity, pressure, temperature, etc., as functions of space and time within a flow domain or control
volume.

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Question 2 [4 marks]. A steady, incompressible, two-dimensional velocity field is given by the following
components in the xy-plane:
𝑢 = 2.2 + 1.5𝑥 + 0.6𝑦
𝑣 = 0.8 − 1.9𝑥 − 1.5𝑦
Find expressions for acceleration components 𝑎$ and 𝑎% , and calculate the acceleration at the point
(𝑥, 𝑦) = (−1, 2).

Question 3 [4 marks]. For the three-liquid system shown, compute ℎ& and ℎ' in meter. 𝜌()*+, =
1000 𝑘𝑔/𝑚- , 𝜌.+,/0,% = 13534 𝑘𝑔/𝑚- . Neglect the air density.

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Question 4 [4 marks]. The 250-kg load on the hydraulic lift will be raised by pouring oil ( 𝜌 =
580 𝑘𝑔/𝑚- ) into a thin tube. Determine how high h should be to begin to raise the weight.

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