NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSOR : GUIDO PINEDO SAAVEDRA SUBJECT: Fluid Mechanics TOPIC : The

Momentum Equation Problems

1.
The diameter of a pipe-bend is 300 mm at inlet and 150 mm at outlet and the flow is turned through 120 in a vertical plane. The axis at inlet is horizontal and the centre of the outlet section is 1.4 m below the centre of the inlet section. The total volume of fluid contained in the bend is 0.085 m3 . Neglecting friction, calculate the magnitude and direction of the net force exerted on the bend by water flowing through it at 0.23 m3 s1 when the inlet gauge pressure is 140 kPa. Solution :

2. Two adjacent parallel and horizontal rectangular conduits A and B, of cross-sectional areas 0.2 m2 and 0.4 m2 respectively, discharge water axially into another conduit C of crosssectional area 0.6 m2 and of sufficient length for the individual streams to become thoroughly mixed. The rates of flow through A and B are 0.6 m3 s1 and 0.8 m3 s1 respectively and the pressures there are 31 kPa and 30 kPa respectively. Neglecting friction at the boundaries, determine the energy lost by each entry stream (divided by mass) and the total power dissipated. Solution :