Saet 1 B
Saet 1 B
Saet 1 B
k = 0.0017 x 50 = 0.085 mm
3. Explain briefly what is meant by fully developed laminar flow. The velocity u at any radius r in
fully developed laminar flow through a straight horizontal pipe of internal radius ro is given by
u = (1/4)(ro2 - r2)dp/dx
dp/dx is the pressure gradient in the direction of flow and is the dynamic viscosity.
Show that the pressure drop over a length L is given by the following formula.
p = 32Lum/D2
The wall skin friction coefficient is defined as Cf = 2o/( um2).
Show that Cf = 16/Re where Re = umD/ and is the density, um is the mean velocity and o is
the wall shear stress.
3. Oil with viscosity 2 x 10-2 Ns/m2 and density 850 kg/m3 is pumped along a straight horizontal
pipe with a flow rate of 5 dm3/s. The static pressure difference between two tapping points 10 m
apart is 80 N/m2. Assuming laminar flow determine the following.
i. The pipe diameter.
ii. The Reynolds number.
Comment on the validity of the assumption that the flow is laminar
ASSIGNMENT 4
1. Research has shown that tomato ketchup has the following viscous properties at 25oC.
Consistency coefficient K = 18.7 Pa sn
Power n = 0.27
Shear yield stress = 32 Pa
Calculate the apparent viscosity when the rate of shear is 1, 10, 100 and 1000 s-1 and conclude on
the effect of the shear rate on the apparent viscosity.
app =
y
&
+ K& n 1 =
32
+ 18.7& 0.271
&
2. A Bingham plastic fluid has a viscosity of 0.05 N s/m2 and yield stress of 0.6 N/m2. It flows in a
tube 15 mm bore diameter and 3 m long.
(i) Evaluate the minimum pressure drop required to produce flow.
The actual pressure drop is twice the minimum value. Sketch the velocity profile and calculate the
following.
(ii) The radius of the solid core.
(iii) The velocity of the core.
(iv) The volumetric flow rate.
du
= Y +
The minimum value of is y
dy
Balancing forces on the plug y x 2rL = pr2
2L
p = Y
and the minimum p- is at r = R
r
p = 0.6
r = Y
2x3
= 480 Pa
0.0075
2L
r
2L
2x3
= 0.6
= 0.00375 m or 3.75 mm
p
960
dQ = u (2r dr) =
p(2 r ) 2 2
R r
4 L
p(2 ) 2 3
Q=
rR r
4
L
r
R
Q=
p(2 ) R 2 r 2 r 4
Q=
4 L 2
2 r
p(2 ) R 4 R 4 R 2 r 2 r 4
4 L 2
4 2
4
p R 4 R 2 r 2 r 4
2 L 4
2
4
960 0.00754 0.00752 x 0.003752 0.003754
6 3
Q=
= 4.473x10 m /s
2 x0.05 x 3 4
2
4
-6
-6
3
Total Q = (4.473 + 2.982) x 10 = 7.46 x 10 m /s
Q=
du
3. A non-Newtonian fluid is modelled by the equation = K where n = 0.8 and
dr
0.8
2
K = 0.05 N s /m . It flows through a tube 6 mm bore diameter under the influence of a pressure
drop of 6400 N/m2 per metre length. Obtain an expression for the velocity profile and evaluate the
following.
(i) The centre line velocity. (0.953 m/s)
(ii) The mean velocity. (0.5 m/s)