Assignment 2

Sub: Fluid Mechanics

1. If the stream function of a flow is given as  A , determine the potential function  .
2. The velocity components in a two dimensional flow field for an incompressible fluid are given by
y3 x3
u  2 x  x y and v  xy  2 y  , obtain an expression for the stream function .
2 2

3 3
a2
3. Verify that the 2D flow given in plane polar coordinates (r ,  ) by ur  U (1  2 ) cos  ,
r
a2
u  Ur  U (1  2 ) sin  is incompressible. Find the stream function (r , ) .
r
4. A stream function is given by  3x 2 y  (3  t ) y 2 . Find the flow rate across the faces of the
triangular prism having a thickness of 2.5 m in the Z-direction at the time t = 3 seconds.

5. A flow is described by the stream function  4xy . Locate the point at which the velocity vector
has magnitude 7 units and makes an angle of 150 with X-axis.

6. In a two dimensional flow the velocity components are u  Cy; v  0 (where C is a constant).
Find the circulation about the circle x  y  2ay  0 situated in the flow ( a is the radius of the
2 2

circle).

7. Examine whether the following velocity components represent a physically possible flow?

ur  r sin  , u  2r cos 

8. A 30 cm diameter pipe, conveying water, branches into two pipes of diameters 20cm and 15 cm
respectively. If the average velocity in the 30 cm diameter pipe is 2.5 m/s, find the discharge in
this pipe. Also determine the velocity in 15 cm pipe if the average velocity in 20 cm diameter
pipe is 2m/s.

9. A jet of water from a 25 mm diameter nozzle is directed vertically upwards. Assuming that the
jet remains circular and neglecting any loss of energy, what will be the diameter at a point 4.5 m
above the nozzle, if the velocity with which the jet leaves the nozzle is 12 m/s.

10. A mass of fluid is in motion so that the lines of motion lie on the surface of co-axial cylinders.
Show that the equation of continuity is
 1  
 ( u )  (  v) .
t r  z
11. The water is flowing through a pipe having diameter 20 cm and 10 cm at sections 1 and 2
respectively. The rate of flow through pipe is 35 lit/s. The section 1 is 6 m, above datum and
2
section 2 is 4 m above datum. If the pressure at section 1 is 39.24 N / cm , find the intensity of
pressure at section 2.

12. Water is flowing through a pipe having diameter 300 mm and 200 mm at the bottom and upper
2
end respectively. The intensity of pressure at the bottom end is 24.525N / cm and the pressure
2
at the upper end is 9.81N / cm . Determine the difference in datum head if the rate of flow
through pipe is 40 lit/s.
13. A fluid is in motion in a uniform tube of a small section prove that if  be the density and v the
2  2
velocity at a distance x from a fixed point at time t , then  { (v 2  k )} ,where
t 2 x 2
p
k .

x2 y2 z2
14. Show that f1 (t )  f 2 (t )  f 3 (t )  1 is a possible from of the boundary surface if
a2 b2 c2
f1 (t ) f 2 (t ) f3 (t )  c , where c is an arbitrary constant.
1
15. The parabolic profile y  kx moves in the negative x -direction with velocity U through a fluid
2

which was initially stationary. If u and v are the instantaneous velocity components of a fluid
v k2
particle on boundary, show that  .
u U 2 y