CDB 1033 Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics Jan 2018

Tutorial 3
Chapter 3: Conservation of energy
1. The water tank as shown in Figure Q1 is being filled D2= 40 mm
through section 1 at V1= 5 m/s and section 2 at Q2 = 12
L/s. If water level h is constant, determine the mass flow
rate at exit section 3. D1= 40 mm D3= 40 mm
(18.12 kg/s)

Figure Q1

2. The jet of water is initially 12 cm in diameter and when directed vertically upwards reaches a
maximum height of 20 m. Assuming that the jet remains circular determine the rate of water
flowing and the diameter of the jet at a height of 10 m. [0.224 m3/s, 14.27 cm]

3. Water flows through the branching pipe shown

in Figure Q3. If the viscous effects are negligible,
determine the pressure at the point 2 and 3. (P2
= 252 kPa and P3 = 114 kPa)

Figure Q3

4. A pipe AB carries water and tapers uniformly from a diameter of 0.1 m at A to 0.2 m at B over
a length of 2 m. Pressure gauges are installed at A, B and also at C, the midpoint of AB. If the
pipe centerline slopes upwards from A to B at an angle of 30o and the pressures recorded at
A and B are 2.0 and 2.3 bar, respectively, determine the flow through the pipe and pressure
recorded at C neglecting all losses. [0.0723 m3/s, 2.29 bar]

5. A closed tank is partially filled with water as shown in

FIGURE Q5. The vapor pressure in the tank is 50 kPag. An
20-cm diameter horizontal pipe is attached to the tank to
drain the water. If the total irreversible head loss between
the water surface in the tank and the water jet at the end of
the pipe is 1.8 m, determine the initial velocity of the water
from the tank. (12.36 m/s)

Figure Q5

6. A venturi meter is constructed from a pipe with a diameter of 300 mm. The venturi has a
throat diameter of 100 mm and a discharge coefficient of 0.98. A mercury U-tube was used
to measure the difference of head between the pipe inlet and the throat at points 0.6 m
apart. The connections to the U-tube are filled with water. If the mercury gage reading was
760 mm, find the volumetric flow rate through the pipe. [116.2 L/s]

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7. As shown in Figure Q7, water is flowing through the

pipe. The specific gravity of manometer fluid is 1.07.
determine the volume flow rate of the system.
(1.06 x 10-3 m3/s)

Figure Q6
8. A closed tank partially filled with water discharges through an orifice of 12.5 mm diameter
and has a coefficient of discharge of 0.7. If air is pumped into the upper part of the tank,
determine the pressure required to produce a discharge of 36 dm3/min when the water
surface is 0.9 m above the outlet. [15.7 kPa]

9. A siphon has a uniform circular bore of 75 mm diameter and consist of a bent pipe with its
crest 1.8 m above water level discharging into the atmosphere at a level 3.6 m below water
level. If the atmospheric pressure is equivalent of 10 m of water, determine:
a. The outlet velocity [8.4 m/s]
b. The flow rate out [0.0371 m3/s, 37.1 kg/s]
c. The absolute pressure at crest level. [45.1 kPa]
d. What is the maximum siphon height?

10. As shown in Figure below, a pipeline system. Water flows through pipe AB and pipe BC, and
branch out into two pipes, pipe CD and pipe CE. Pipe CE carries one-third of the flow in pipe
AB. Some of the flow properties are given in TABLE.
TABLE: Flow properties.

C
A B

E
Pipe Velocity, ms -1
Diameter, m

AB 3.0 1.2

BC 1.5

CD 0.8

CE 2.5

Determine:

a) The velocity of water in pipe BC. (1.92 m/s)

b) The velocity of water in pipe CD. (4.5 m/s)
c) The diameter of pipe CE. (0.76 m)