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    Worcester Polytechnic Institute ES 3004 - Fluid Mechanics Homework Set 3

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    This document contains three homework problems related to fluid mechanics: 1) A pump system problem involving calculating the maximum flowrate and pressure difference given pump specifications and head losses. 2) A turbine system problem involving calculating the electric power output given the water flowrate, pipe diameters, pressure drop, and turbine efficiency. 3) A parachute drag problem involving calculating the terminal velocity and Reynolds number given the parachutist+parachute weight, air properties, parachute drag coefficient, and diameter.

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    Worcester Polytechnic Institute ES 3004 - Fluid Mechanics Homework Set 3

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    Worcester Polytechnic Institute

    ES 3004 - Fluid Mechanics


    Homework Set 3

    1.

    Pump system
    Water is to be pumped by a submerged pump to a pool for which the free surface is
    30 m above the lower reservoir water level. The pump is a 5 KW pump with an
    efficiency of 80%. The diameter of the pipe is 7 cm on the intake side and 5 cm on
    the discharge side. The head loss in the piping may be assumed to be 4 m.
    a. Determine the maximum flowrate of the water
    b. Determine the pressure difference across the pump.
    c. The elevation difference between the pump inlet and outlet and may be
    neglected.

    2.

    Turbine system
    Water flows through a hydraulic turbine at a rate of 0.6 m3/s. The flow enters the turbine
    through a 32-cm diameter pipe and exits the turbine through a through a 27-cm diameter
    pipe. The pressure drop in the turbine is measured by a mercury manometer to be 1.5 m.
    The efficiency of the turbine system is estimated to be 80 percent. Use this information to
    determine the electric power output.

    3.

    Drag force on parachute


    A person is planning to go parachuting. You have been asked to estimate the persons terminal
    velocity while parachuting. Assume the weight of the parachutist and the parachute weigh a total
    of 900 N. The average density of the air may be assumed to be 1.21 kg/m3. The drag coefficient is
    given as 1.3.
    The diameter of the parachute (as viewed looking upward from below) is 6 m.
    a.
    b.

    Use this information to determine the terminal velocity of the parachutist.


    At this terminal velocity, what is the Reynolds Number.

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