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The document contains 8 problems related to fluid mechanics: 1) Calculating acceleration of fluid particle through nozzle of varying area. 2) Finding streamlines, pathlines, and streaklines for a 2D flow field. 3) Calculating rate of change of temperature for a probe moving with fluid. 4) Finding acceleration of particle in 2D flow field. 5) Finding y-velocity component for different flow fields. 6) Determining constants to make a 2D flow field irrotational. 7) Calculating velocity profile and power to pull a wire through a die. 8) Simplifying equations and finding velocity profiles for water and oil flow.

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The document contains 8 problems related to fluid mechanics: 1) Calculating acceleration of fluid particle through nozzle of varying area. 2) Finding streamlines, pathlines, and streaklines for a 2D flow field. 3) Calculating rate of change of temperature for a probe moving with fluid. 4) Finding acceleration of particle in 2D flow field. 5) Finding y-velocity component for different flow fields. 6) Determining constants to make a 2D flow field irrotational. 7) Calculating velocity profile and power to pull a wire through a die. 8) Simplifying equations and finding velocity profiles for water and oil flow.

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ChE 611: ASSIGNMENT I (2012-13 I) Problem 1 Find the acceleration of a fluid particle passing through the center of a nozzle

for steady volumetric flow rate of 4 lit/min. Assume 1-D, inviscid and incompressible flow. Inlet area of the nozzle is 1.44 cm2 and the length of the nozzle is 4 cm. Area is varying linearly (increasing / decreasing) with x. Problem 2 In a flow field velocity vector is , where k is constant. Find a) the equation of a streamline passing through point A(x = 0, y = 0). b) the equation of the pathline of a particle passing through A at t = 0. c) the equation of a streakline at t = T when dye is injected at A. d) if k = 0, calculate the same as (a),(b) and (c). Discuss the implications of the results. Problem 3 A small thermocouple probe is floating with the fluid whose temperature and velocity fields are given by T = x 2 + 2 yz + 3t at

Find the rate of change of temperature recorded by the probe when it is at the position time t =1. Problem 4 Find the acceleration of a fluid particle at the point r = 2a, by

for a two dimensional flow given

Problem 5 For a two -dimensional incompressible flow, determine the y-component of velocity for the following cases : (a) Vx = 6x + xy (b) Problem 6 An incompressible flow field is described by the following velocity:

Determine the values of a, b, c, d for this flow to be irrotational? What is the symmetric part of the rate of deformation tensor?

Problem 7 A wire of radius

R0

to be coated moves at a velocity of

through a long cylindrical die of radius R1

filled with a molten polymer of density and viscosity (Newtonian fluid). Obtain the velocity profile in the annular region inside the die and the power needed to pull the wire. Problem 8 Water ( , ) and oil ( , ) flow down along a vertical wall. The flow may be assumed to be incompressible, steady, laminar and fully developed. Simplify the equations of continuity and momentum for each phase. Obtain the velocity profile in each phase.
x y Air p =1 atm

h water

h oil

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