1.

A Pipe 200 m long slopes down at 1 in 100 and tapers from 600 mm diameter at higher

end to 300 mm diameter at lower end, and carries 100 litres/sec of oil having specific

gravity 0.8. If the pressure gauge at higherend reads to 60 KN/m2, determine the velocities

at two ends and also pressure at lower end. Neglect all losses

Assistant Professor:

Mohamed Sayed Nasem

 2. i)The space between two square flat parallel plate is filled with oil. Each side of the plate is 600 mm. The
thickness of the oil films is 12.5 mm. The upper plate, which moves at 2.5 m/s requires a force of 98.1 N to
maintain the speed. Determine
a) Dynamic viscosity of oil in poise

b) Kinematic viscosity of oil in stokes [Specific gravity=0.95]

ii) If the equation of a velocity profile over a plate is v=5y2+y (where v is the velocity in ms-1), determine the
shear stress at y=0 and y=7.5. Given the viscosity of the liquid is 8.35 poise.

Assistant Professor:

Mohamed Sayed Nasem

 3. Lateral stability of a long shaft 150mm in diameter is obtained by means of a 250mm

stationery bearing having an internal diameter of 150.25mm. If the space between bearing

and shaft is filled with lubricant having viscosity 0.245 Ns/m2 what power will be required

to overcome the viscous resistance when the shaft is rotated at a constant rate of 180rpm?

Assistant Professor:

Mohamed Sayed Nasem

 4.  A 200mm diameter shaft slides through a sleeve 200.5 mm in diameter and 400mm long

at a velocity of 30cm/s. The viscosity of the oil filling the annular space is µ=0.1125Ns/m2.

Find the resistance of the motion.

Assistant Professor:

Mohamed Sayed Nasem

 5.  i) A sliding fit cylindrical body of 1kg mass drops vertically down at a constant velocity

of 0.05ms-1 as shown in figure. Estimate the viscosity of oil.

ii) What is the pressure exerted by ejected vapour on the free surface of liquid called

“partial pressure”? Discuss the influence of temperature and pressure on vapour pressure of

a liquid.

Assistant Professor:

Mohamed Sayed Nasem

 6.  Water flows through a pipe AB 1.2 m diameter at 3 m/s and then passes through a pipe

BC, 1.5 dia. At C the pipe branches CD, 0.8m dia and carries 1/3 of flow in AB. The flow

velocity in branch CE is 2.5 m/s. Find the volume flow rate in AB, velocity in BC, CD, and

diameter of CE

Assistant Professor:

Mohamed Sayed Nasem

 7.  A drainage pipe is tapered in section running with water. The pipe diameter at the inlet

and exit is 1000 and 500mm resp., the water surface is 2m above the center of inlet and exit

is 3m above the free surface of the water. The pressure at the exit is 250mm of Hg vacuum.

The friction loss between the inlet and exit of the pipe is 1/10 of the velocity head at the

exit. Determine the velocity through the pipe.

Assistant Professor:

Mohamed Sayed Nasem

 8. A pipeline of 175 mm diameter branches into two pipes which delivers the water at

atmospheric pressure. The diameter of the branch 1 which is at 350 counter clockwise to the

pipe axis is 75 mm and the velocity is at outlet 15m/s. The branch 2 is at 150 with the pipe

center line in the clockwise direction has a diameter 100mm. The outlet velocity is 15 m/s.

The pipe lies in a horizontal plane. Determine the magnitude and direction of the force on the

pipe..

Assistant Professor:

Mohamed Sayed Nasem

 9. In a vertical pipe conveying oil of specific gravity 0.8, two pressure gauges are installed at

A and B, where the diameters are 16 and 8 cms resp. A is 2 m above B. The pressure gauge

readings have shown that the pressure at B is greater than at A by 0.981 N/cm2. (a)

Neglecting all loses calculate flow rate. (b) If gauges at A and B are replaced by tubes filled

with same liquids and connected to U-tube containing mercury. Calculate the difference in

level of mercury

Assistant Professor:

Mohamed Sayed Nasem

 10. A pipe of 300mm diameter inclined at 30   to the horizontal is carring gasoline

(Sp.gravity=0.82) . A venturimeter is fitted in the pipe to find out the flow rate whose throat

diameter is 150mm. The throat is 1.2m from the entrance along its length. The pressure

gauges fitted to the venturimeter read 140 kN/m2 and 80kN/m2resp,. Find out the

Coefficient of discharge of venturimeter if the flow is 0.09m3/s.

Assistant Professor:

Mohamed Sayed Nasem

 11. A 15cm diameter vertical pipe is connected to 10cm diameter vertical pipe with a

reducing socket. The pipe carries a flow of 100lts/s. At point 1 in 15 cm pipe gauge pressure

is 250kpa. At point 2 in the 10cm pipe located 1m below point 1 the gauge pressure is

175kPa.

i)   Find whether the flow is upward/downwards.

ii)  Head loss between the two points.

Assistant Professor:

Mohamed Sayed Nasem

 12 A hydraulic lift consists of a ram having diameter of 35 cm, which slides in a 35.015 cm

diameter cylinder.  The annular space between the ram and the cylinder is filled with an oil

of kinematic viscosity of 280 centi stokes and a specific gravity of 0.9.  Find the viscous

resistance experienced by the ram travelling at the rate of 15m per minute with 3m of the ram

engaged in the cylinder.

Assistant Professor:

Mohamed Sayed Nasem

 13. Water flows through a certain cross section of a 20 cm diameter piple at a pressure of 130

KP a absolute.  The elevation of the cross section is 3.0m above the datum and the rate of

flow is 300 litres/s.  Find (i) the flow work (ii) potential energy (iii) kinetic energy, per unit

mass at the cross section

Assistant Professor:

Mohamed Sayed Nasem

 14. A pipe AB tapering uniformly from a diameter of 0.1 m at A to 0.2 m at B over a length

of 2 m carries water. Pressures at A and B are respectively 2.0 and 2.3 bar. The centerline of

the pipe slopes upwards from A to B at an angle of 30. Determine the flow through the pipe

ignoring the losses.

Assistant Professor:

Mohamed Sayed Nasem