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This document is an assignment for the Fluid Mechanics course at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, containing various problems related to fluid properties and dynamics. It includes calculations for mass density, specific gravity, viscosity, drag force, and other fluid mechanics principles. Each problem is accompanied by its respective answer for reference.

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Assignment 1 -FM even 2024-25

This document is an assignment for the Fluid Mechanics course at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, containing various problems related to fluid properties and dynamics. It includes calculations for mass density, specific gravity, viscosity, drag force, and other fluid mechanics principles. Each problem is accompanied by its respective answer for reference.

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Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai-625 015

Department of Mechanical Engineering


Assignment -1
Course: 22ME440- Fluid Mechanics Course outcome: CO1

1. Determine the mass density, specific volume and specific weight of a liquid whose
specific gravity is 0.85. [Ans. 850 kg/m3, 0.00118 m3/kg, 8350 N/m3]
2. A liquid has a specific gravity of 1.9 and kinematic viscosity of 6 stokes. What is its
dynamic viscosity? [Ans. 11.38 poise]
3. The space between two parallel plates 5 mm apart is filled with crude oil. A force
of 2 N is required to drag the upper plate at a constant velocity of 0.8 m/s. The
lower plate is stationary. The area of the upper plate is 0.09 m2. Determine: (i) The
dynamic viscosity, and (ii) the kinematic viscosity of the oil in stokes if the specific
gravity of oil is 0.9. [Ans. (i) 1.39 poise, (ii) 1.52 stokes]
4. A plate has an area of 1 m2. It slides down an inclined plane, having angle of
inclination 45° to the horizontal, with a velocity of 0.5 m/s. The thickness of oil film
between the plane and the plate is 1 mm. Find the viscosity of the fluid if the weight
of the plate is 70.72 N. [Ans. 1 poise]
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5. The velocity distribution over a plate is given 𝑢 = 𝑦 − 𝑦 2 where, u = velocity, m/s,
2 2
and y = distance from the plate boundary, m. If the viscosity of the fluid is 8
poise, find theshear stress at the plate boundary and at y = 0.15 m from the plate.
[Ans. 1.20 N/m2, 1.08 N/m2]
6. A flat plate weighing 0.45 kN has a surface area of 0.1 m2. It slides down an inclined
plane at 30° to the horizontal, at a constant speed of 3 m/s. If the inclined plane
is lubricated with an oil of viscosity 0.1 N.s/m2, find the thickness of the oil film.
[Ans. 0.133 mm]
7. A flat thin plate is dragged at a constant velocity of 4 m/s on the top of a 5 mm
deep liquid layer of viscosity 20 centipoise. If the area of the plate is 1 m 2 find the
drag force. Assume variation of velocity in the liquid to be linear. [Ans. 16 N]
8. A square metal plate 1.5 m side and 1.5 mm thick weighing 50 N is to be lifted
through a vertical gap of 25 mm of infinite extent. The oil in the air gap has a
specific gravity of 0.95 and viscosity of 2.5 Pa.s. If the metal plate is to be lifted at
a constant speed of 0.1 m/s find the force and power required. [Ans. 145.7 N,
14.57 W]
9. Inside a 60 mm diameter cylinder a piston of 59 mm diameter rotates
concentrically. Both the cylinder and piston are 80 mm long. If the space between
the cylinder and piston is filled with oil of viscosity of 0.3 N. s/m 2 and a torque of
1.5 Nm is applied, find: (i) The r.p.m. of the piston, and (ii) The power required.
[Ans. (i) 1850 r.p.m. (ii) 290.5 W]
10. Two large fixed parallel planes are 240 mm apart. The space between the surfaces
is filled with oil of viscosity 0.81 N. s/m2. A flat thin plate 0.5 m2 area moves through
the oil at a velocity of 0.6 m/s. Calculate the drag force (i) when the plate is
equidistant from both the planes, and (ii) when the thin plate is at a distance of 80
mm from one of the plane surfaces. [Ans. (i) 40.5 N (ii) 45.54 N]
11. A cylinder of 100 mm diameter and 300 mm length rotates about a vertical axis
inside a fixed cylindrical tube of 105 mm diameter and 300 mm length. If the space
between the tube and the cylinder is filled with liquid of dynamic viscosity of
0.125 Pa. s determine the speed of rotation of the cylinder which will be obtained
if an external torque of 1 Nm is applied to it. [Ans. 81.03 r.p.m.]
12. Determine the mass density, specific weight, and specific volume of CO 2 contained
in a vessel at a pressure of 800 kN/m2 and temperature 25°C. [Ans. 14.2 kg/m3,
139.4 N/m3, 0.0703 m3/kg]
13. A soap bubble 50 mm diameter has an internal pressure in excess of the outside
pressure of 25 N/m2. Calculate tension in the soap film. [Ans. 0.156 N/m]

Academic year 2024-25 even M.S.Govardhanan, APME, TCE

Date of Submission : 31.01.2025


Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai-625 015
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Assignment -1
Course: 22ME440- Fluid Mechanics Course outcome: CO1
14. Air is introduced through a nozzle into a tank of water (at 20°C) to form a stream
of bubbles. If the process requires 2.5 mm diameter bubbles to be formed, by how
much the air pressure at the nozzle must exceed that of surrounding water. Take
surface tension of water at 20°C = 0.0735 N/m. [Ans. 117.4 N/m2]
15. Determine the minimum size of glass tubing that can be used to measure water
level, if the capillary rise in the tube is not to exceed 0.25 mm. Take surface tension
of water in contact with air as 0.0735 N/m. [Ans. 120 mm]
16. A U-tube is made up of two capillaries of bore 1 mm and 2 mm respectively. The
tube is held vertically and is partially filled with liquid of surface tension 0.05 N/m
and zero contact angle. Calculate the mass density of the liquid if the estimated
difference in the level of two menisci is 12.5 mm. [Ans. 816 kg/m3]
17. Determine the bulk modulus of elasticity of a liquid, if the pressure of the liquid is
increased from 7 MPa to 13 MPa. The volume of liquid decreases by 0.15%.
[Ans. 4 GN/m2]
18. A 20 mm wide gap between two vertical plane surfaces is filled with an oil of specific
gravity 0.85 and dynamic viscosity 2.5 Pa.s. A metal plate 1.25 m × 1.25 m × 2
mm thick and weighing 30 N is placed midway in the gap. Determine the force
required to lift the plate with a constant velocity of 0.18 m/s. [Ans. 160.2 N]

Academic year 2024-25 even M.S.Govardhanan, APME, TCE

Date of Submission : 31.01.2025

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