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SOAL TUTORIAL KE-8 MEKANIKA FLUIDA I (MS2231)

1. The power, P, required to run a pump that moves fluid within a piping system is
dependent upon the volume flowrate, Q, density, , impeller diameter, d, angular
velocity, , and fluid viscosity, . Find the number of PI terms for this relationship.

2. At a sudden contraction in a pipe the diameter changes from D1 to D2. The


pressure drop, p, which develops across the contraction is a function of D1 and
D2 as well as the velocity, V, in the larger pipe, and the fluid density, and
viscosity, , Use D1, V, and as repeating variables to determine a suitable set of
dimensionless parameters. Why would it be incorrect to include the velocity in the
smaller pipe as an additional variable?

3. Water sloshes back and forth in a tank as shown in Fig. P7.13. The frequency of
sloshing,, is assumed to be a function of the acceleration of gravity, g, the
average depth of the water, h, and the length of the tank, l. Develop a suitable set
of dimensionless parameters for this problem using g and as l repeating
variables.

4. A thin elastic wire is placed between rigid supports. A fluid flows past the wire,
and it is desired to study the static deflection, , at the center of the wire due to
the fluid drag. Assume that

where l is the wire length, d the wire diameter, the fluid density, the fluid
viscosity, V the fluid velocity, and E the modulus of elasticity of the wire material.
Develop a suitable set of pi terms for this problem.
5. A cone and plate viscometer consists of a cone with a very small angle which
rotates above a flat surface as shown in Fig. P7.21. The torque, T, required to
rotate the cone at an angular velocity is a function of the radius, R, the cone
angle, , and the fluid viscosity, , in addition to . With the aid of dimensional
analysis, determine how the torque will change if both the viscosity and angular
velocity are doubled.

6. A cylinder with a diameter D floats upright in a liquid as shown in Fig. P7.23.


When the cylinder is displaced slightly along its vertical axis it will oscillate about
its equilibrium position with a frequency, . Assume that this frequency is a
function of the diameter, D, the mass of the cylinder, m, and the specific weight,
, of the liquid. Determine, with the aid of dimensional analysis, how the
frequency is related to these variables. If the mass of the cylinder were
increased, would the frequency increase or decrease?

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