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This document contains a 10 question homework assignment on advanced fluid mechanics. The questions cover a range of topics, including: 1) Flow in an annulus driven by the motion of the outer cylinder. 2) Flow of a thin film on an inclined plate, calculating the velocity profile and flow rate. 3) Deriving an expression for the velocity gradient at the wall for power law fluid flow in a pipe. 4) Fully developed steady film flow down a vertical cylinder, relating film thickness to flow rate. 5) Momentum balance for laminar flow on the outside of a tube with upward flow on the inside. 6) Flow in a piezoelectric tube where

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Return Date Instructor: Dr. Alizadeh Spring Semester

This document contains a 10 question homework assignment on advanced fluid mechanics. The questions cover a range of topics, including: 1) Flow in an annulus driven by the motion of the outer cylinder. 2) Flow of a thin film on an inclined plate, calculating the velocity profile and flow rate. 3) Deriving an expression for the velocity gradient at the wall for power law fluid flow in a pipe. 4) Fully developed steady film flow down a vertical cylinder, relating film thickness to flow rate. 5) Momentum balance for laminar flow on the outside of a tube with upward flow on the inside. 6) Flow in a piezoelectric tube where

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Sahand University of Technology Advanced Fluid Mechanics HW3

Chemical Engineering Faculty Return date


Instructor: Dr. Alizadeh Spring Semester

1. By selecting an appropriate element and using


shell momentum balance, find the velocity
distribution, volumetric flow rate and shear
stress function for Flow in an annulus driven by
the motion of the outer cylinder.

2. Consider flow of a thin, uniform film of an


incompressible Newtonian liquid on an infinite,
inclined plate that moves upwards with constant
speed V, as shown in Fig. The ambient air is
assumed to be stationary, and the surface
tension is negligible.
(a) By using sell momentum balance calculate the
velocity ux(y) of the film in terms of V, δ, ρ,  , g and
θ.
(b) Calculate the speed V of the plate at which the net
volumetric flow rate is zero.

3. The laminar flow velocity profile in a pipe for a power law liquid in steady state flow is given by the
equation:

where n is the power law index and u is the mean velocity. Use this to derive the expression:

for the velocity gradient at the pipe wall.

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Sahand University of Technology Advanced Fluid Mechanics HW3
Chemical Engineering Faculty Return date
Instructor: Dr. Alizadeh Spring Semester

4. By selecting an appropriate element and using


shell momentum balance, find the velocity
distribution, volumetric flow rate and shear
stress function for fully developed steady film
flow down a vertical cylinder. How does the
film thickness relate to the total film volumetric
flow rate Q?

5. In a gas absorption experiment a viscous fluid


flows upward through a small circular tube and
then downward in laminar flow on the outside.
Set up a momentum balance over a shell of
thickness ∆r in the film, As shown in figure

Note that ‘momentum in’ and ‘momentum out’ arrows


are always taken in the positive coordinate direction,
even though in this problem the momentum is flowing
through the cylindrical surface in the negative r
direction.
(a) Show that the velocity distribution in the falling
film (neglecting end effect) is

(b) Obtain an expression for the mass rate of flow in


the film.

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Sahand University of Technology Advanced Fluid Mechanics HW3
Chemical Engineering Faculty Return date
Instructor: Dr. Alizadeh Spring Semester

6. A small tube of length 2L is submerged in a pool of liquid (density ρ, pressure Pa). the tube is open at both
ends, and filled with liquid. However, it is made of piezoelectric material, and its cross-sectional area A
(which is uniform over the tube’s length) can be controlled by the application of an electric voltage.
Suppose that, by the application of a suitable voltage, the tube area is reduced in time according to
specified function A(t), which is monotonically decreasing. Assuming that the flow inside the tube is
incompressible and inviscid, obtain in terms of the given quantities and the function A(t) and its
derivatives, expressions for:

(a) The flow speed u at a station in the tube

(b) The pressure at the tune’s center point, x=0

(c) Are your results in (a) and (b) valid for increasing as well as decreasing A(t)?

7- A fluid flows upward through a circular tube and


then downward on a conical surface. Find the film
thickness as a function of the distance s down the
cone.
Assume that the results flow of falling film apply
approximately over any small region of the cone surface.
Show that a mass balance on a ring of liquid contained
between s and s + ∆s gives:
or

Integrate this equation and evaluate the constant of


integration by equating the mass rate of flow ω up the
central tube to that flowing down the conical surface at
s=L. obtain the flowing expression for the film thickness:

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Sahand University of Technology Advanced Fluid Mechanics HW3
Chemical Engineering Faculty Return date
Instructor: Dr. Alizadeh Spring Semester

8-Two large porous plates are separated by a distance L. An incompressible constant-property fluid
fills the channel formed by the plates; also plates are fixed. An axial pressure gradient dp/dx is applied
to the fluid to set it in motion. The same fluid is also injected through the lower plate with a normal
velocity V. Fluid is removed along the upper plate at velocity V. The injected fluid is identical to the
channel fluid. By Neglecting gravity, If the velocity in x direction (u) depends upon only y. (a)- using
continuity and Navier- Stokes equation find velocity in x direction (u).
(b)- find the viscous drag at the bottom plate

9-A fluid (of constant density ρ) is in incompressible, laminar flow through a tube of length L. The
radius of the tube of circular cross section changes linearly from R0 at the tube entrance (z = 0) to a
slightly smaller value RL at the tube exit (z = L). Determine the mass flow rate vs. pressure drop (w vs.
ΔP)relationship for a Newtonian fluid (of constant viscosity μ).(Hint:use Hagen-Poiseuille equation)

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Chemical Engineering Faculty Return date
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