CPE522 (TRANSPORT PHENOMENA)

ASSIGNMENT 1

1. Newton's law of viscosity, Fourier's law of thermal conduction and Fick's law of diffusion are
analogs of transport phenomena. Identify what is being transported and the driving potentials
for each transport.

2. An incompressible Newtonian fluid flow through a horizontal circular tube as shown in Figure
1. Assume that the fluid flow is laminar and under steady state conditions.

Figure 1 Laminar flow in a horizontal pipe

Derive the velocity distribution of the fluid, as a function of r using equation of motion in
Appendix 1. You may neglect gravity.

3. A Newtonian fluid (of constant density ) flow in a tube of circular cross section, inclined at an
angle to the vertical as shown in Figure 2. End effects may be neglected because the tube
length L is relatively very large compared to the tube radius R. The fluid flows under the
influence of both a pressure difference p and gravity.

Figure 2 Fluid flow in circular tube.

Derive the velocity distribution of the fluid, as a function of r using equation of motion in
 Appendix 1.

4. A incompressible fluid of density is in laminar flow in a plane narrow slit of length L and
width W that formed by two flat parallel walls with a distance 2B apart. End effects may be
neglected because B << W << L. The fluid flows under the influence of both a pressure
difference p and gravity.

Figure 3 Fluid flow in plane narrow slit.

i. List your postulate.

ii. Establish the following expression for the steady-state shear stress distribution and the
velocity profile for a Newtonian fluid (of constant viscosity ) using equation of motion in
Appendix 1.

0 L 2
vz
2L

B x2

5. Consider the flow depicted in the schematic below. Flow takes place in the narrow space
between two very wide and very long plates. The flow i driven by an imposed pressure, which
is higher upstream (P0) than a distance L downstream (PL). The flow is steady, well
developed, and we are considering the region only far from all edges. The fluid is an
incompressible, Newtonian fluid. For full credit you will need to correctly indicate the
assumptions you used in arriving at your answers.
 (a) Derive the distribution of the fluid, vx as a function y using equation of motion and momentum
shell balance equation.
(b) What are the velocity and pressure boundary conditions for this flow?

Due 25/4/2016 before 4pm