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The document discusses fluid flow concepts including pressure, viscosity, velocity, and pipe flow calculations. It provides examples of calculating equivalent pipe diameter for an annular channel, pressure drop through a pipe, and Reynolds number for a given flow condition. The key topics covered are fluid properties, pressure gradients, velocity profiles, friction factors, and pipe network calculations.

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The document discusses fluid flow concepts including pressure, viscosity, velocity, and pipe flow calculations. It provides examples of calculating equivalent pipe diameter for an annular channel, pressure drop through a pipe, and Reynolds number for a given flow condition. The key topics covered are fluid properties, pressure gradients, velocity profiles, friction factors, and pipe network calculations.

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Question 1 0 out of 1 points For numbers 12 - 13: Water is flowing through

an annular channel at a rate of 25 gpm. The


The flow of incompressible fluid without shear
channel is made of 1/2- and 1 1/4-in. schedule
is called ___ flow.
40 pipes. Calculate the equivalent diameter and
Correct Answer: Correct c. potential the pressure drop through an annular channel
of length 20 ft, assuming e/D = 0.0014. m = 0.90
Question 2 0 out of 1 points cP ; r = 62.4 lbm/ft3 Pressure drop:

When the Reynolds number for pipe flow is very Correct Answer: Correct c. 5.91 psi
large, the Fanning friction factor is
Question 8 1 out of 1 points
Correct Answer: Correct b. a function of
relative roughness only. Newton’s law of viscosity suggests that __ is
proportional to __.
Question 3 1 out of 1 points
Correct Answer: Correct a. shear stress ...
For questions 77 - 78: The density of 35o API velocity gradient
crude oil is 53.1 lbm/ft3 at 68oF and its viscosity
is 32.8 lbm/ft.h. What is the kinematic viscosity Question 9 0 out of 1 points
in SI units? What is the gradient in momentum transport?
Correct Answer: Correct b. 1.6 x 10-5 m2/s Correct Answer: Correct c. shear rate
Question 4 1 out of 1 points Question 10 1 out of 1 points
As the schedule number of a standard steel The time derivative used when the observer is
pipe increases at the same nominal pipe size, moving at a velocity similar to the system being
the wall thickness studied is
Correct Answer: Correct d. also increases. Correct Answer: Correct c. substantial time
Question 5 0 out of 1 points For laminar flow in derivative
pipes, the pressure gradient is proportional to Question 11 1 out of 1 points
___, where Q is the volumetric flow rate of the
fluid. The no-slip boundary condition indicates that

Correct Answer: Correct d. Q Correct Answer: Correct d. the velocity of the


fluid element adjacent to the wall is zero.
Question 6 1 out of 1 points
Question 12 1 out of 1 points
A fluid flows inside a 2-in.-ID cylindrical pipe
with a Reynolds number of 4000. Estimate the In turbulent flow of Newtonian fluids in
hydrodynamic entry length. cylindrical pipes, the ratio of average velocity
and maximum velocity is approximately
Correct Answer: Correct a. 3.9 cm
Correct Answer: Correct c. 0.82
Question 7 1 out of 1 points
Question 13 0 out of 1 points Question 19 0 out of 1 points

The Laplacian of a scalar like temperature is a Navier-Stokes equation is the equation of


motion for
Correct Answer: Correct c. vector
Correct Answer: Correct d. incompressible and
Question 14 1 out of 1 points
Newtonian fluid
The gradient of pressure is a Question 20 0 out of 1 points
Correct Answer: Correct c. vector
By what factor does the frictional loss change
Question 15 1 out of 1 points when the pipe diameter is doubled?

What is the atmospheric pressure on a planet if Correct Answer: Correct a. 1/32


the absolute pressure is 110 kPa and the gage Question 21 0 out of 1 points
pressure is 15 kPa?
The divergence of velocity is a
Correct Answer: Correct c. 713 torr
Correct Answer: Correct a. vector
Question 16 1 out of 1 points
Question 22 1 out of 1 points Bernoulli's
The velocity profile of laminar fluid flow equation describes
through a circular conduit is
Correct Answer: Correct c. mechanical energy
Correct Answer: Correct a. parabolic. balance in potential flow.
Question 17 1 out of 1 points Question 23 0 out of 1 points
The friction factor for flow through a pipe with
Determine the total equivalent length of the
relative roughness of 0.004 at a Reynolds piping system containing 1 gate valve (L/D =
number of 80,000 is approximately equal to 10.08), 5 regular 90o elbows (L/D = 62.4), 1 tee
Correct Answer: Correct d. 0.030 (L/D = 38.4), and 228 ft of straight pipe. All
fittings are 1 in screwed steel pipe. Disregard
Question 18 0 out of 1 points entrance and exit losses.

Which of the following is/are correct equations Correct Answer: Correct d. 258 ft
for estimating the Reynolds number for flow of
fluid inside pipes 1. mc036-1.jpg 2. mc036-2.jpg Question 24 1 out of 1 points
3. mc036-3.jpg where mc036-4.jpg is fluid The divergence of shearing stress is
density, mc036-5.jpg is fluid viscosity, mc036-
6.jpg is pipe diameter, mc036-7.jpg is Correct Answer: Correct a. dyad
volumetric flow rate, and mc036-8.jpg is mass
flow rate? Question 25 0 out of 1 points

Correct Answer: Correct b. 1, 2, 3 A pump requires 75 kW to move water with a


specific gravity of 1.0 at a certain flow rate to a
given elevation. What power does the pump a 75-m long 4-in ID pipe. The pump requires 3
require if the flow rate and elevation conditions kW power and its efficiency is 70%. What is the
are the same, but the fluid pumped has a flow Reynolds number? Correct Answer:
specific gravity of 0.8? Correctd. 124 Question 31 0 out of 1 points For
questions 81 - 83: Unrefined oil whose density
Correct Answer: Correct b. 53.7 kW and kinematic viscosity are 920 kg/m and 0.002
Question 26 0 out of 1 points m/s, respectively, is pumped through a 75-m
long 4-in ID pipe. The pump requires 3 kW
When the fluid motion is observed by an power and its efficiency is 70%. What is the
observer at fixed position who focusses on a average mass flow rate of the oil through the
fixed location as time passes is a specification of pipe? Correct Answer: Correctb. 18.2 kg/s
a flow field known as Question 32 0 out of 1 points The kinetic energy
correction factor may be defined as the ratio of
Correct Answer: Correct c. Eulerian
Correct Answer: Correctd. plug-flow kinetic
Question 27 0 out of 1 points energy transport rate and true kinetic energy
transport rate. Question 33 1 out of 1 points A
A certain liquid with a density of 8500 kg/m3 is head of 40 J/kg is equivalent to Correct Answer:
used as the indicating fluid in a manometer. The Correctb. 4.1 m Question 34 1 out of 1 points
differential pressure across the ends of the Which of the following describes an ideal fluid?
manometer, when water (density 998 kg/m3) Correct Answer: Correctc. incompressible and
flows in the main line, is 10 kPa. What will be inviscid Question 35 0 out of 1 points Which of
the difference in oil levels indicated in the the following is correct? Correct Answer:
manometer? Correctd. A fluid cannot remain at rest in the
presence of shear stress. Question 36 1 out of 1
Correct Answer: Correct a. 13.6 cm
points The diameter of a water pipe gradually
Question 28 0 out of 1 points changes from 5 cm at point A to 15 cm at point
B. Point A is 5 m lower than point B. The
For questions 77 - 78: The density of 35o API pressure is 700 kPa at point A and 680 at point
crude oil is 53.1 lbm/ft3 at 68oF and its viscosity B. Friction between the water and the pipe
is 32.8 lbm/ft.h. What is the viscosity is poise? walls is negligible. What is the discharge
velocity at point B? Correct Answer: Correctb.
Correct Answer: Correct b. 0.14 P
0.85 m/s Question 37 1 out of 1 points For
Question 29 0 out of 1 points The pressure at a numbers 12 - 13: Water is flowing through an
given point in a fluid that is exerted by a vertical annular channel at a rate of 25 gpm. The
column of the fluid above the point: Correct channel is made of 1/2- and 1 1/4-in. schedule
Answer: Correct d. static head 40 pipes. Calculate the equivalent diameter and
the pressure drop through an annular channel
Question 30 0 out of 1 points of length 20 ft, assuming e/D = 0.0014. m = 0.90
cP ; r = 62.4 lbm/ft3 Equivalent diameter:
For questions 81 - 83: Unrefined oil whose
Correct Answer: Correctd. 0.045 ft Question 38
density and kinematic viscosity are 920 kg/m
1 out of 1 points These valves react
and 0.002 m/s, respectively, is pumped through
automatically to changes in pressure to prevent
reversals of flow. Correct Answer: Correctc. Question 52 1 out of 1 points Which of the
check valves Question 39 1 out of 1 points following occurs under a condition of fully
Which of the following is true? Correct Answer: turbulent flow? Correct Answer: Correctb.
Correctd. A momentum balance can be used to Friction factor remains constant and depends
determine the frictional dissipation term for a only on the relative roughness of the pipe.
sudden expansion in a pipeline. Question 40 0 Question 53 1 out of 1 points The mean velocity
out of 1 points The three important aspects of a of 40oC water in a 44.7 mm ID tube is 1.5 m/s.
control valve are listed below. Which one is The kinematic viscosity is 0.710 centistoke.
not? Correct Answer: Correctb. friction loss What is the Reynolds number? Correct Answer:
coefficient Question 41 1 out of 1 points The Correctb. 9.44 x 104 Question 54 1 out of 1
measure of the ratio of inertial forces to viscous points Which of the following valves cannot be
forces is called the ____. Correct Answer: used for throttling service? Correct Answer:
Correctb. Reynolds number Question 42 1 out Correctd. gate valve Question 55 0 out of 1
of 1 points Commonly used as a unit of flow points For questions 81 - 83: Unrefined oil
rate in municipal water works problems, mgpcd whose density and kinematic viscosity are 920
means Correct Answer: Correctc. millions of kg/m and 0.002 m/s, respectively, is pumped
gallons per capita day. Question 43 0 out of 1 through a 75-m long 4-in ID pipe. The pump
points What does a manometer measure? requires 3 kW power and its efficiency is 70%.
Correct Answer: Correctd. flow rate Question What is the average velocity of the oil? Correct
44 0 out of 1 points What is the relationship Answer: Correctb. 2.44 m/s
between the average velocity (mc037-1.jpg) and
maximum velocity (mc037-2.jpg) in a pipe?
Correct Answer: Correctc. mc037-4.jpg
Question 45 0 out of 1 points Shearing stress is
a Correct Answer: Correctb. dyad Question 46 0
out of 1 points At a point in a fluid, the pressure
is same in all directions when Correct Answer:
Correctc. the fluid velocity is zero relative to an
adjacent layer. Question 47 0 out of 1 points
The Laplacian of a velocity is a Correct Answer:
Correctc. dyad Question 48 1 out of 1 points
The shear stress in fluids at rest is Correct
Answer: Correctb. zero. Question 49 1 out of 1
points The relationship of Darcy friction factor,
fD, to the Fanning friction factor, f, is Correct
Answer: Correctc. fD= 4f Question 50 0 out of 1
points The equation of motion for inviscid fluid
is called Correct Answer: Correctb. Stokes
equation Question 51 1 out of 1 points What is
the mass flow rate of a liquid (s.g. 0.898)
flowing through a 2.5-cm (inside radius) pipe at
8.3 m/s? Correct Answer: Correctd. 14.6 kg/s

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