Reg. No.

Question Paper Code : 53084

B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2010
Third Semester
Chemical Engineering
CH 2203 FLUID MECHANICS
(Regulation 2008)
Time : Three hours

Maximum : 100 Marks

Answer ALL questions
PART A (10 2 = 20 Marks)

1.

Define non-Newtonian fluids. Give one example.

2.

An oil-storage tank has a flat, horizontal, circular roof 36 m in diameter.

Calculate the force exerted by the atmosphere on the roof.

3.

A ship having a wetted perimeter of 50 m and length of 140 m is to travel at

5 m/s. If the density of sea water is 1025 kg/m3, calculate the drag force. Take
the drag co-efficient as 0.002.

4.

Draw the velocity-radius plot in steady, laminar flow of a Newtonian fluid in a

circular pipe.

5.

Which concept is essential while designing full-size equipment from tests on

small-scale physical models?

6.

Distinguish between notches and weirs.

7.

List the minor losses encountered in pipe systems.

8.

Name the velocity ranges for which a fluidized bed can exist.

9.

Why are diaphragm pumps widely used as metering pumps?

10.

How are the steam-jet ejectors, found more useful in industrial applications?
PART B (5 16 = 80 Marks)

11.

(a)

Find the specific gravity, dynamic viscosity and kinematic viscosity of an

oil having density 981 kg/m3. The shear stress at a point in oil is
0.25 N/m2 and velocity gradient at that point is 0.2 per second. Also
determine the compressibility of the liquid, if the pressure is increased
from 0.7 MPa to 1.3 MPa while the volume decreases by 0.15 percent.
Or

(b)

A helium balloon is at the same pressure and temperature as the

surrounding air of 1 atmosphere and 20C. The diameter of the balloon is
3 m. How much payload can the balloon lift, if the weight of the plastic
skin of the balloon is negligible?

12.

(a)

A metallic ball of 0.002 m drops in a fluid of specific gravity 0.9 and

viscosity 1.5 Ns/m2. If the weight density of the ball is 120 kN/m3, find
the drag force exerted by fluid on metallic ball, the form drag, the skin
drag and the terminal velocity of ball in fluid.
Or

(b)

13.

(a)

Obtain an expression for velocity distribution in turbulent flow for

(i)

Smooth pipes and

(8)

(ii)

Rough Pipes.

(8)

State Buckinghams Pi-theorem and also explain various types of

similarities.
Or

14.

(b)

Explain the principle of venturimeter with a neat sketch and discuss the
relative merits and demerits of venturimeter with respect to orifice
meter.

(a)

A pumping plant forces water through a 600 mm diameter main, the

friction head being 27 m. In order to reduce the power consumption, it is
proposed to lay another main of appropriate diameter along the side of
the existing one, so that two pipes may work in parallel for the entire
length and reduce the friction head to 9.6 m only. Find the diameter of
the new main if, with the exception of diameter, it is similar to the
existing one in every respect.
Or

15.

(b)

Explain the fluid flow (concepts) though packed beds and fluidized beds.

(a)

Explain with neat sketches, the working of air lift pump and single
acting reciprocating pump.
Or

(b)

A centrifugal fan is used to take flue gas at rest and at a pressure of 737
mm of mercury and a temperature of 93.3C and discharge it at a
pressure of 765 mm of mercury and a velocity of 46 m/s. Calculate the
power required to move 16990 m3/hour of gas. The efficiency and
molecular weight of the gas are 65 percent and 31.3 respectively.

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