SUB: FLUID MECHANICS MODULE-58C

MODULE- 58C
Laminar and turbulent flow.
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1. An aircraft is flying in level flight at a speed of 200 km/hr through

air (density, = 1.2 kg/m2, and viscosity = 1.6 x 10-5 N-s/m2).
The lift co-efficient at this speed is 0.4 and the drag co-efficient is
0.0065. The mass of the aircraft is 800 kg. The effective lift area of
the aircraft is
(a) 21.2 m2 (b) 10.6 m2
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(c) 2.2 m (d) 1.1 m2

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2. A thin flat plate 0.5 m x 0.7 m in size settles in a large tank of

water with a terminal velocity of 0.12 m/s. The co-efficient of
drag for a laminar boundary layer and
√

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= for a turbulent boundary layer, where RL is the plate
Reynolds number.
Assume = 10-3 N-s/m2 and = 1000 kg/m3
The submerged weight of the plate is

(a) 0.0115 N (b) 0.0118 N

(c) 0.0231 N (d) 0.0376 N

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3. The laminar flow takes place between closely spaced parallel plates
as shown in figure below. The velocity profile is given by u = .
The gap height, h, is 5 mm and the space is filled with oil (specific
gravity = 0.86, viscosity m = 2 × 10 -4 N-s/m2). The bottom plate is
stationary and the top plate moves with a steady velocity of V=5
cm/s. The area of the plate is 0.25m2.

The rate of rotation of fluid particle is given by

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

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4. The laminar flow takes place between closely spaced parallel plates
as shown in figure below. The velocity profile is given by u = .
The gap height, h, is 5 mm and the space is filled with oil (specific
gravity = 0.86, viscosity m = 2 × 10 -4 N-s/m2). The bottom plate is
stationary and the top plate moves with a steady velocity of V=5
cm/s. The area of the plate is 0.25m2.

The power required to keep the plate in steady motion is

(a) 5 × 10-4 watts (b) 10-5 watts
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(c) 2.5 × 10 (d) 5 ×10-5 watts

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5. Flow rate of a fluid (density = 1000 ) in a small diameter

tube is 800 /s. The length and the diameter of the tube are 2 m
and 0.5 mm, respectively. The pressure drop in 2 m length is equal
to 2.0 MPa. The viscosity of the fluid is
(a) 0.025 (b) 0.012
(c) 0.00192 (d) 0.00102

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6. An automobile with projected area 2.6m2 is running on a road with

speed of 120 km per hour. The mass density and the kinematic
viscosity of air are 1.2 kg/m3 and 1.5 x 10-5m2/s, respectively. The
drag coefficient is 0.30
The drag force on the automobile and the metric horse power
required to overcome the drag force are
(A) 620N, 33.23 (B) 600 N, 31.23
(C) 580 N, 20.23 (D) 520 N, 23.23
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