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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

551 MF Jhocson Street, Sampaloc, Manila


DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
MECHANICS OF FLUIDS LABORATORY

NAME: ___________________________________ DATE: _____________________

GROUP # _________________ SECTION: _________________

PRACTICE PROBLEM # 1
BASIC FLUID PROPERTIES
General Instructions: Write all the problems and show your complete solutions.
Place your solutions on an A4 paper with a border of 1-in on all sides. Incomplete
solutions would mean corresponding deductions. Encircle the letter corresponding to
your answer.

SITUATION:
An air sample was found to be at 480 kPa absolute and 21°C. Using R =287 J/kg-K.

1. Determine the mass density of the sample


a. 6.89 kg/m3 b. 5.69 kg/m3 c. 6.21 kg/m3 d. 5.43 kg/m3

2. Determine the unit weight of the air sample.


a. 67.59 kN/m3 b. 55.82 kN/m3 c. 60.92 kN/m3 d. 53.27 kN/m3

3. What pressure is required to reduce the volume of water by 0.6%? Bulk Modulus
of Elasticity of water, EB= 2.2 GPa.
a. 13.2 MPa b. 12.3 MPa c. 11.65 MPa d. 12.78 MPa

SITUATION:
If 9m3 of an ideal gas at 24°C and 150 kPaa is compressed to 2m3;
4. Determine the resulting pressure assuming isothermal conditions.
a. 224 kPaa b. 721 kPaa c. 675 kPa d. 242 kPaa

5. Determine the specific volume of the ideal gas. Use R =287 J/kg-K.
a. 0.568 m3/kg b. 0.673 m3/kg c. 0.482 m3/kg d. 0.202 m3/kg

6. Determine the approximate density of water when its temperature is recorded as


14°C.
a. 999.94 kg/m3 b. 998.91 kg/m3 c. 1001.09 kg/m3 d. 1000.56 kg/m3

7. These are liquids near their boiling point or they are the liquids that vaporizes
easily.
a. Volatile Liquids b. Intrinsic Liquids c. Extrinsic Liquids d. Isotherm
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
551 MF Jhocson Street, Sampaloc, Manila
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
MECHANICS OF FLUIDS LABORATORY

8. The process in which the temperature is increased to the point that the vapor
pressure is equal to the local ambient pressure.
a. Cooling b. Condensing c. Boiling d. Sublimating

9. A 20-kg slab slides down a 15° inclined plane on a 3-mm-thick film of oil with
viscosity μ = 0.0814 Pa − s. If the contact area is 0.3m2, find the terminal velocity if
the slab. Neglect air resistance.
a. 5.614 m/s b. 5.16 m/s c. 5.57 m/s d. 6.72 m/s

10. An atomizer forms water droplets 45 𝜇𝑚 in diameter. Determine the excess


pressure within these droplets using ρ = 0.0712 N/m.
a. 6.33 kPa b. 5.21 kPa c. 6.23 kPa d. 5.75 kPa

11. Benzene at 20°C has a viscosity of 0.000651 Pa-s. What shear stress is required
to deform this fluid at a strain rate of 4900 s-1?
a. 5.16 m/s b. 5.614 m/s c. 5.57 m/s d. 6.72 m/s

SITUATION:
If the velocity of flow in a 500mm diameter cast iron non-rigid pipe with modulus of
elasticity of 8.30 GPa be changed in 0.25 second from 0.9 m/s to 0 m/s by closing a
valve 300 m from a reservoir. If the pipe has a thickness of 20 mm and bulk modulus
of elasticity of water is 2.07 GPa,
12. Determine the sonic velocity in the pipe.
a. 286.33 m/s b. 245.66 m/s c. 343.86 m/s d. 372.45 m/s

13. Determine the compressibility of water in (m2/N)


a. 4.23x10-10 b. 4.831x10-10 c. 4.124x10-10 d. 4.671x10-10

SITUATION:
Two large plane surfaces are 25mm apart and the space between them is filled with
a liquid of viscosity 0.958 Pa-s. Assuming the velocity gradient to be a straight line,

14. What will be the force acting on the top plate which is at distance 10mm from
one of the surfaces if the plate is 0.40m2 in area and pulled at a constant speed of
0.4m/s?
a. 15.328 N b. 10.219 N c. 11.245 N d. 12.456 N

15. What is the force acting on the bottom part of the plate following the said
condition in problem above.
a. 15.328 N b. 10.219 N c. 11.245 N d. 12.456 N

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