Bharathiyar College of Engineering & Technology , Karaikal-609609

Department Of Mechanical Engineering

PREFINAL EXAMINATION
Date: 14.10.2016 Time: 9.30 am to 12.30 pm Max. marks: 75
Sub Code & Subject: MET32- MECHANICS OF FLUID
Year & Sec: II –A & B Name of the Faculty : Mr.M.Thirunavukkarasu & Mr. A.Jayaprakash

Part- A Answer ALL questions (2x10=20)

1. What is meant by force of buoyancy?

2. Explain about Capillary rise.
3. Define stream function.
4. What are the assumptions made while deriving Bernoulli’s equation?
5. Write impulse momentum equation.
6. Mention few dimensionless numbers.
7. Define the term boundary layer.
8. Write down the boundary conditions for the velocity profiles.
9. What is meant by Reynolds’s number?
10.What is meant by compounding pipe?

Part-B Answer ALL questions, ONE from each Unit. (5x11=55)

UNIT-I

11.A circular plate 3 meter diameter is submerged in water greatest and least
depths are below the surfaces being 2 meter and 1 meter respectively. Find:
(i) the total pressure on front face of the plate, and (ii) the position of centre
of pressure.

(Or)
12.A solid cylinder of diameter 4.0 m has a height of 3 meters. Find the meta-
centric height of the cylinder when it is floating in water with its axis
vertical. The sp. gr. Of the cylinder = 0.6
UNIT-II
13.In a two dimensional incompressible flow, the fluid velocity components are
given by
u = x – 4y & v = – y – 4x Show that velocity potential function exists and
determine its form. Find also stream function.
(Or)

14.A 45º reducing bend is connected in a pipe line, the diameters at the inlet
and outlet of the bend being 600 mm and 300 mm respectively. Find the
force exerted by water on the bend if the intensity of pressure at inlet of bend
is 8.829 N/cm2. The rate of flow of water in the pipe is 600 liters/s.
15.Write short note on how to determine the co-efficient of viscosity by falling
sphere resistance method.
(Or)
16.The difference in water surface levels in two tanks, which are connected by
three pipes in series of lengths 300m, 170m, 210m and of diameters 300mm,
200mm and 400mm respectively, is 12m.Determine the flows of water if co-
efficient of friction are 0.005, 0.0052, 0.0048 respectively considering minor
losses also.
17.Explain various model and similitude.
(Or)
18. Using Buckingham’s π-theorem, show that the discharge Q consumed by an
µ 𝜎 𝑤
oil ring is given by Q= Nd3Ф [ , , ].
𝜌Nd3 𝜌𝑁2 𝑑 3 𝜌𝑁2 𝑑

19.Explain boundary layer thickness. Derive the equation for displacement

thickness and momentum thickness.
(Or)
20.Explain boundary layer separation and methods to avoid boundary layer.