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Exercise Problems - Chapter 6: (Increased by A Fact 2)

This document contains 12 exercise problems involving dimensional analysis. The problems cover topics like drag on scale models, similitude in fluid flows, propagation of capillary waves, hydraulic jumps, draining of reservoirs, particle motion under gravity, tensile forces in pendulums, pressure drops in pipe flows, frequency of insect wing beats, oscillation of falling drops, power losses through orifices, and critical velocities for transition to turbulent flow in pipes.

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Exercise Problems - Chapter 6: (Increased by A Fact 2)

This document contains 12 exercise problems involving dimensional analysis. The problems cover topics like drag on scale models, similitude in fluid flows, propagation of capillary waves, hydraulic jumps, draining of reservoirs, particle motion under gravity, tensile forces in pendulums, pressure drops in pipe flows, frequency of insect wing beats, oscillation of falling drops, power losses through orifices, and critical velocities for transition to turbulent flow in pipes.

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Exercise Problems - Chapter 6

1. A 1/6 model automobile is tested in a wind tunnel with same air properties as the
prototype. The prototype automobile runs on the roads at a velocity of 60 km/hr.
For dynamically similar conditions, the dra measured on the model is !00 ".
#etermine the dra of the prototype and the power re$uired to overcome this
dra. [500N, 8.33 KN]
%. A model is built of a flow phenomenon which is overned by the action of ravity
and surface tension force. &how that the lenth scale ratio which will ensure
complete similarity between model and the prototype is
'. The speed of propaation ( of a capillary wave in deep water is known to be a
function of density , wave lenth , and surface tension . (sin #imensional
Analysis, find out a relationship of ( with , , and . )b* For a iven surface
tension and wavelenth, how does the propaation speed chanes if the density is
halved + ,increased by a factor of % -
.. A hydraulic /ump occurrin in a stillin basin is to be studied in a 10'6 scale
model. The prototype /ump has an initial velocity of 10 m/s, an entrance Froude
number of 6.0 and a power loss of % k1 per meter width of basin. #etermine )a*
the correspondin model velocity, )b* model Froude number and )c* power loss
per meter width of the model. [(a) 167 m/s, (b) 60, (c) 026 W]
!. A model of a reservoir havin a free water surface within it is drained in '
minutes by openin a sluice ate. The eometrical scale of the model is 1/100.
2ow lon would it take to empty the prototype+ [30 minuts]
6. Assumin that nothin is known about the particle motion under ravity beyond
where , v
0
, g, and t are respectively the displacement, initial
velocity, ravitational acceleration, and time. 3erform a dimensional analysis to
e4plain the situation
5. The tensile force inside a pendulum is known to depend on the mass, lenth,
period, and anular amplitude of the pendulum. 3erform a dimensional analysis.
6. The pressure drop in pipe flows of li$uids is found to depend on the time re$uired
to pass a volume of a iven li$uid throuh, on this volume, and on the density as
well as the viscosity of the li$uid. 3erform a dimensional analysis in a step by step
manner, with the pressure drop and the density displayed as leadin $uantities.
7. (sin the lon steps of dimensional analysis, reduce the relationship n 8 9 )g, A,
:, M* for the fre$uency n of the win beat of a flyin insect, where stands for
the ravitational acceleration; A, the win area; :, the air density; and <, the mass
of the insect. =hoose n and A as the leadin $uantities.
10. The shape of a drop of li$uid pulsates as it falls. The period of oscillation is
observed to depend on the surface tension, the mean radius of the drop, and the
li$uid density. 3erform a dimensional analysis to e4press the period of oscillation.
11. >i$uid flows across an orifice loses useful power which is dependent on the li$uid
density and viscosity, the volume flow rate, and the orifice diameter. 3erform a
dimensional analysis )with the ob/ective of analy?in power loss*.
1%. #urin the flow throuh a pipe, it is observed that there e4ists a critical averae
flow velocity , beyond which the flow becomes turbulent. @t is also known that
is influenced by the diameter of the pipe, the density and the viscosity of the
fluid. 3erform a dimensional analysis to e4plain the situation.

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