Assignment 1 (Subject: Ch.E.

202 Fluid Dynamics)

(Due Date: 2nd February 2018)

Solve the following numerical Problems (CLO-1)

(Practice Problems related to review lectures)

1. A closed tank of fire engine is partly filled with water, the air space above being under pressure.
A 5 cm hose connected to the tank discharges on the roof of building 2 m above the level of
water in the tank. The friction losses are 50 cm of water. What air pressure must be maintain in
the tank to deliver 15 lit/s on the roof?

2. A pipe connects a reservoir to a turbine which discharges water to the tail race through another
pipe. The head loss between the reservoir and the turbine is 10 times the kinetic head in the pipe
and that from the turbine to the tail race is 0.5 times the kinetic head in the pipe. The rate of flow
is 1 cubic meter per second and the pipe diameter in both cases is 1 meter. Find the pressure at
inlet exit of the turbine. Take:
Energy level (EL) of turbine = 105 m
EL of reservoir = 150 m
EL of tail water = 100 m
Calculate the power generated by the turbine.
3. The following data pertains to the Y-fitting shown in the following figure.
Volumetric inflow to section 1 = 12 lit/sec
Outflow from the section 3 = 4 lit/sec
Pressure guage reading at section 1 = 25 kPa
Determine the pressure at section 2 and 3 and the force needed to hold the fitting in position.
Assume one dimensional flow, neglect elevation head and energy loss while making the energy
balance.

4. A pipeline 60 cm diameter and 5 km long, connects two reservoirs A and B whose constant
difference of level is 15 m. a branch pipe taken from a point distant 2 km from reservoir A leads
to third reservoir C. a regulating valve on this branch pipe helps to control the quantity of water
entering the reservoir C. Determine the rate of water flow to reservoir B when
No water is discharged to reservoir C
The quantity of water discharged to reservoir C is 125 lit/s
Consider only friction losses and take f = 0.004 in the Darcy Formula for friction loss,
⁄ .