ME 106, Fluid Mechanics

Assignment 5
1. Incompressible flow through a plane diverging channel is given with uniform profile V1
y
), where y
at the inlet and the velocity profile at the outlet is given by V2 = Vm cos( 2H
is measured from the channel centerline. The inlet height is H, and the outlet height
is 2H.
Find Vm in terms of V1 .

2. In a laminar pipe flow that is fully developed, the axial velocity profile is parabolic,
that is

 r 2 
u = uc 1
R
Compare the momentum flux thru a cross-section calculated with the average velocity,
u, with the momentum flux calculated with the nonuniform velocity distribution taken
into account.

3. A cart is moving at a constant velocity Vcart when a water jet with velocity Vjet hits
the cart and displaces upwards with an angle . If the cart has mass Mcart At that instant find the horizontal acceleration the cart experiences. Neglect gravity and viscous
effects.

4. Consider a pipe with an abrupt contraction as shown. Upstream of the constriction, the
pressure is measured at 75 psi. Assume velocity profile is uniform in the axial direction,
with speed 25 ft/s upstream, and 100 ft/s downstream. What is the hydrodynamic
force generated by this contraction?