1.

As shown in the figure a cubical block of 20 cm side and of 20 kg weight is allowed to slide
down along a plane inclined at 300 to the horizontal on which there is a film of oil having
viscosity 2.16x10-3 N-s/m2 .What will be the terminal velocity of the block if the film
thickness is 0.025mm?

2. If the equation of a velocity profile over a plate is v = 5y 2 + y (where v is the velocity in

m/s) determine the shear stress at y =0 and at y =7.5cm . Given the viscosity of the liquid is
8.35 poise.

3. A hydraulic lift consists of a 50 cm diameter ram and slides in a cylinder of diameter 50.015
cm while the annular space is being filled up with oil having kinematic viscosity of
0.025cm2/s and specific gravity of 0.85 . If the rate of travel of the ram is 9.15m/min find
the frictional resistance when 3.85 m of ram is engaged in the cylinder.

4. A tape of 0.015 cm thick and 1.00 cm wide is to be drawn through a gap with a clearance of
0.01cm on each side. A lubricant of dynamic viscosity 0.021 Ns/m 2 completely fills the
gap for a length of 80 cm along the tape. If the tape can withstand a maximum tensile force
of 7.5 N calculate the maximum speed with which it can be drawn through the gap.

5. Determine the torque and power required to run a 15 cm long and 5 cm diameter shaft
running at the rate of 500 rpm in a 5.1 cm diameter concentric bearing flooded with oil of
dynamic viscosity 100 centipoise.

6. A thrust bearing having a 12cm diameter pad rotating on another pad separated by an oil
film of 1.5 mm of dynamic viscosity 85 centipoise. Compute the power dissipated in the
bearing if it rotates at 150 rpm.

7. Compare the capillary rise of water and mercury in a glass tube of 2 mm diameter at 200 C
.Given that the surface tension of water and mercury at 200 C are 0.0736 N/m and 0.051N/m
respectively. Contact angles of water and mercury are 00 and 1300 respectively.
8. Find the pressure inside a water droplet having diameter of 0.5 mm at 20 0 C if the outside
pressure is 1.03N/cm2 and the surface tension of water at that temperature is 0.0736 N/m.

9. Air is forced through a tube of internal diameter of 1.5 mm immersed at a depth of 1.5 cm
in a mineral oil having specific gravity of 0.85. Calculate the unit surface energy of the oil
if the maximum bubble pressure is 150 N/m2.

10. Determine the minimum size of a glass tube, which can be used to measure pressure in
water flowing system. The capillary rise in the tube must not exceed 10 mm and surface
tension of water- air - glass interface is 0.001 N/m.

11. At a certain depth of a liquid where the pressure is 850 N/cm2 what will be the change in
specific volume and specific weight with respect to the surface? Given that the specific
weight of that liquid at the surface is 1025 N/cm3 and the bulk modulus of elasticity is
24x10 3 N/cm3 .

12. Two pipes on the same elevation convey water and oil of specific gravity 0.88 respectively.
They are connected by a U-tube manometer with the manometric liquid having a specific
gravity of 1.25. If the manometric liquid in the limb connecting the water pipe is 2 m higher
than the other find the pressure difference in two pipes.

13. A two liquid double column enlarged-ends manometer is used to measure pressure
difference between two points. The basins are partially filled with liquid of specific gravity
0.75 and the lower portion of U-tube is filled with mercury of specific gravity 13.6. The
diameter of the basin is 20 times higher than that of the U-tube. Find the pressure difference
if the U-tube reading is 25 mm and the liquid in the pipe has a specific weight of 0.475
N/m3.
13. Determine (a) the gauge pressure and (b) The absolute pressure of water at a depth of 9 m
from the surface.

14. A manometer connected to a pipe indicates a negative gauge pressure of 70 mm of mercury

. What is the pressure in the pipe in N/m2 ?

15. A manometer is used to measure the air pressure in a tank. The fluid used has a specific
gravity of 1.25, and the differential height between the two arms of the manometer is 28 in. If
the local atmospheric pressure is 12.7 psia, determine the absolute pressure in the tank for the
cases of the manometer arm with the (a) higher and (b) lower fluid level being attached to the
tank.

16. The water in a tank is pressurized by air, and the pressure is measured by a multifluid
manometer as shown in Fig. Determine the gage pressure of air in the tank if h1= 0.2 m, h2 =
0.3 m, and h3 = 0.46 m. Take the densities of water, oil, and mercury to be 1000 kg/m3, 850
kg/m3, and 13,600 kg/m3, respectively.

17. Determine the atmospheric pressure at a location where the barometric reading is 750 mmHg.
Take the density of mercury to be 13,600 kg/m3.
18. A manometer containing oil (r = 850 kg/m3) is attached to a tank filled with air. If the oil-
level difference between the two columns is 45 cm and the atmospheric pressure is 98 kPa,
determine the absolute pressure of the air in the tank.
19. Air enters a diffuser shown in Figure with a velocity of 200 m/s. Determine (a) the speed of
sound and (b) the Mach number at the diffuser inlet when the air temperature is 30°C.
20. The gage pressure of the air in the tank shown in Fig. is measured to be 65 kPa. Determine the
differential height h of the mercury column.