PORT SAID UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

PROGRAM/ YEAR (CIVIL ENGINEERING) 2017-18 SEMESTER SECOND
COURSE TITLE: COURSE CODE: CIV214 2nd Year
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

SHEET NO. 1

Fluids and their Properties

1 Determine the mass density, specific volume, and specific weight of a liquid whose specific
gravity is 0.85.

2 A liquid has a specific gravity 1.9 and kinematic viscosity of 6 stokes. What is its dynamic
viscosity?

3 The space between two parallel plates 5 mm apart is filled with crude oil. A force of 2 N is
required to drag the upper plate at a constant velocity of 0.8 m/s. The lower plate is stationary.
The area of the upper plate is 0.09 m2. Determine: (i) The dynamic viscosity, and (ii) the
kinematic viscosity of the oil in stokes if the specific gravity of oil is 0.9.

4 A plate has an area of 1 m2. It slides down an inclined plane, having angle of inclination 45o to
the horizontal, with a velocity of 0.5 m/s. The thickness of oil film between the plane and the
plate is 1 mm. Find the viscosity of the fluid if the weight of the plate is 70.72 N.

5 The velocity distribution over a plate is given by u=(3/2)y-(1/2)y2, where u = velocity, m/s, y =
distance from the plate boundary, m. If the viscosity of the fluid is 8 poise find the shear stress
at the plate boundary and at y = 0.15 m from the plate.

6 A flat plate weighing 0.45 kN has a surface area of 0.1 m2. It slides down an inclined plane at
30o to the horizontal, at a constant speed of 3 m/s. If the inclined plane is lubricated with an oil
of viscosity 0.1 N.s/m2, find the thickness of the oil film.

7 A flat thin plate is dragged at a constant velocity of 4 m/s on the top of a 5 mm deep liquid layer
of viscosity 20 centipoise. If the area of the plate is 1 m2 find the drag force. Assume variation
of velocity in the liquid to be linear.

8 A square metal plate 1.5 m side and 1.5 mm thick weighing 50 N is to be lifted through a
vertical gap of 25 mm of infinite extent. The oil in the air gap has a specific gravity of 0.95 and
viscosity of 2.5 N.s/m2. If the metal plate is to be lifted at a constant speed of 0.1 m/s find the
force and power required.

9 Inside a 60 mm diameter cylinder a piston of 59 mm diameter rotates concentrically. Both the

cylinder and piston are 80 mm long. If the space between the cylinder and piston is filled with
oil of viscosity of 0.3 N.s/m2 and a torque of 1.5 Nm is applied, find: (i) The r.p.m. of the
piston, and (ii) the power required.
10 Two large fixed parallel planes are 240 mm apart. The space between the surfaces is filled with
oil of viscosity 0.81 N.s/m2. A flat thin plate 0.5 m2 area moves through the oil at a velocity of
0.6 m/s. Calculate the drag force (i) when the plate is equidistant from both the planes, and (ii)
when the thin plate is at a distance of 80 mm from one of the plane surfaces.

11 A cylinder of 100 mm diameter and 300 mm length rotates about a vertical axis inside a fixed
cylindrical tube of 105 mm diameter and 300 mm length. If the space between the tube and the
cylinder is filled with liquid of dynamic viscosity of 0.125 N.s/m2, determine the speed of
rotation of the cylinder which will be obtained if an external torque of 1 Nm is applied to it.

12 A 20 mm wide gap between two vertical plane surfaces is filled with an oil of specific gravity
0.85 and dynamic viscosity 2.5 N.s/m2. A metal plate 1.25mx1.25mx2mm thick and weighing
30 N is placed midway in the gap. Determine the force required to lift the plate with a constant
velocity of 0.18 m/s.

13 A soap bubble 50 mm diameter has an internal pressure in excess of the outside pressure of
25N/m2. Calculate tension in the soap film.

14 Air is introduced through a nozzle into a tank of water (at 20oC) to form a stream of bubbles. If
the process requires 2.5 mm diameter bubbles to be formed, by how much the air pressure at
the nozzle must exceed that of surrounding water.

15 Determine the minimum size of glass tubing that can be used to measure water level, if the
capillary rise in the tube is not to exceed 0.25 m. Take surface tension of water in contact with
air as 0.0735 N/m.

16 Determine the bulk modulus of elasticity of a liquid, if the pressure of the liquid is increased
from 7 MN/m2 to 13 MN/m2. The volume of the liquid decreases by 0.15 %.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elkiki