FLORES, ARAIZA G. BSEE 5 6. Fluid mechanics is a highly visual subject.

The patterns of flow can be visualized in a

LEARNING ACTIVITY 5 ENGINEERING dozen different ways, and you can view these
SCIENCES AND ALLIED SUBJECTS FLUID sketches or photographs and learn a great deal
MECHANICS SOURCE: DREAMFORCE REVIEW qualitatively and often quantitatively about the
CENTER flow. Four basic types of line patterns are used
to visualize flows: Using the choices fill in the
1. In fluid mechanics there are only four primary blanks the corresponding type of line pattern.
dimensions from which all other dimensions I. A is a line everywhere tangent to the velocity
can be derived namely: vector at a given instant.
a. mass, length, time, and temperature II.A is the actual path traversed by a given fluid
b. pressure, velocity, volume, elevation particle.
c. volume, pressure, density and area III.A _ is the locus of particles that have earlier
d. weight, distance, viscosity and inertia pased through a prescribed point.
IV. A _ is a set of fluid particles that form a line
2. A body weighs 1000 lbf when exposed to a at a given instant.
standard earth gravity g=32.174 ft/s2. What is a.timeline, streakline, pathline, streamline
its mass in kg? b. streamline, streakline, pathline, timeline
a. 31.08 kg b. 1000.776 kg c. pathline, timeline, streakline, streamline
c. 454.898 kg d. 1000kg D. streamline, pathline, streakline, timeline

3. The primary parameter correlating the 7. What is the velocity sound in 150 deg F (66
viscous behavior of all Newtonian fluids is the deg C) air at standard atmospheric pressure?
dimensionless a. 1310 ft/s b. 1210 ft/s c. 1410 ft/s d. 1510
a. Kinematic Viscosity b. Capillarity ft/s
c. Reynolds Number d. Head loss per Mile
8. Newfound Lake, a freshwater lake near
4. A certain torpedo, moving in fresh water at Bristol, New Hampshire, has a maximum depth
10˚C, has a minimum-pressure point given by of 60 m, and the mean atmospheric pressure is
the formula pmin= p0 - 0.35 pV2, where p0 = 115 91 kPa. Estimate the absolute pressure in kPa
kPa, p is the water density, and V is the torpedo at this maximum depth.
velocity. Estimate the velocity at which a.680kPa b. 498kPa
cavitation bubbles will form on the torpedo. The c. -680kPa d. -498kPa
constant 0.35 is dimensionless.
a. 16 m/s b. 18 m/s c. 20 m/s d. 22 m/s 9. Which of the following statements is NOT
correct?
5. A load from a faucet comes out in separate a. Bernoulli's Equation only holds on the same
drops. Which of the following is the main cause streamline
of this phenomenon? b. Steady flow do not change with time at any
a. viscosity of the fluid b. gravity point
c. surface tension d. air tension c. The Reynold's Number is the ratio of the
viscous force to the inertial force
d. For a fluid at rest, the pressure is equal in all
directions

10. A block of concrete weighs 100 lbf in air and

ªweighsº only 60 lbf when immersed in
freshwater (62.4 lbf/ft3). What is the average
specific weight of the block?
a. 160 lbf/ft3 b. 156 lbf/ft3
c. 165 lbf/ft3 d. 62.4lbf/ft3

11. A pump adds 550 feet of pressure head to

100 lbm/sec of water. What is the hydraulic
power in kilowatts?
a. 74.6 b. 84.6 c. 64.6 d. 54.6
12. Gasoline at 20°C is pumped through a
smooth 12-cm-diameter pipe 10 km long, at a 19. The resultant upward pressure of a fluid on
flowrate of 75 m3/h (330gal/min). The inlet is fed a floating body is equal to the weight of the
by a pump at an absolute pressure of 24 atm. fluid displaced by the body. This definition is
The exit is at standard atmospheric pressure according to:
and is 150 m higher. Estimate the frictional a. Archimedes' Principle
head loss hf. For gasoline at 20°C, density is b. Equilibrium of a Floating Body
680 kg/m3. c. Buoyancy
a. 100m b. 20m c. 10m d. d. Bernoulli's Theorem
200m
20. For lifting bodies, the angle between the free
13. Alcohol is used in manometers because: stream and the chord line is called the
a. it is clearly visible a. angle of attack b. angle of lift
b. it has low surface tension c. angle of force
c. it has low vapor pressure d. angle of streamline
d. it can provide longer column due to low
density 21. Free surface of a liquid tends to contract to
the smallest possible area due to force of:
14. Compute the loss of head in 200 ft of a. cohesion b. viscosity
horizontal 6-in-diameter asphalted cast iron c. surface tension d. adhesion
pipe carrying water with a mean velocity of 6
ft/s. Assuming density of water to be 1.94 slugs 22. Viscosity for a fluid is defined as the
per cubic feet and u=2.09E-5 slug/ft-s. constant of proportionality between shear
a. 0 b.4.5 ft c. 6.8 ft d. 9.4 ft stress and what another variable?
a. The time derivative of density
15. Compute the pressure drop in 200 ft of b. The spatial derivative of density
horizontal 6-in-diameter asphalted cast iron c. The spatial derivative of velocity
pipe carrying water with a mean velocity of 6 d. The time derivative of pressure
ft/s. Assuming density of water to be 1.94 slugs
per cubic feet and u=2.09E-5 slug/ft-s. 23. A horizontal pipe with a diameter of 0.15 m
a. 0 b. 281.106lbf/ft2 has a constriction with diameter of 0.10 m.
c. 424.78 lbf/ft2 d. 587.2 lbf/ft2 Kerosene flows at 0.12 m3/sec. What is the
velocity at 0.10 m pipe?
16. The difference between the high pressure in a. 12.795 m/s
the front stagnation region and the low b. 17.952 m/s
pressure in the rear separated region causes a c. 19.527 m/s
large drag contribution called: d. 15.279 m/s
a.Drag Coefficient b. Pressure Drag
c. Friction drag d. Force Drag 24. A cylindrical shape which is long compared
with its height, is formed by a source-sink pair
17. Liquids: aligned parallel to a uniform stream
a. cannot be compressed a. Pipe b. Rankine Oval
b. are not affected by change in pressure and c. Circular Stream Line d. Capillarity
temperature
c. none of the other choices 25. Summation of all heads in another section.
d. occupy definite volume a. Boyle's Law b. Archimedes Principle
c. Torricelli's Principle d. Bernoulli's
18. A hydrometer scale for measuring the Principle
relative density of liquids.
a. Beaufort Scale b. Buckley Scale 26. 150 g of water are mixed with 100 g of
c. Baume Scale d. Beckman Scale alcohol (ρ = 790 kg/m3). What is the specific
volume of the mixture assuming the fluids mix
completely?
a. 0.9 cc/g
b. 0.7 cc/g
c. 1.1 cc/g m/s. a.188 b. 288 c. 388
d. 1.3 cc/g d. 488

27. Choose the wrong statement.

a. Viscosity is due primarily to interaction 36. An observer on the ground does not hear
between fluid molecules the sonic boom caused by an airplane moving
b. Viscosity of liquids decreases with increase at 5-km altitude until it is 9 km past her. What is
in temperature the approximate Mach number of the plane?
c. Viscosity of a fluid is that property which Assume a small disturbance and neglect the
determines the amount of its resistance to a variation of sound speed with altitude.
shearing force a. 0.485 b. 2.06 c. 0.87 d.
d. Viscosity of liquids is appreciably affected by 1.143
change in pressure
37. Which of the following meters is not
28. According to inviscid theory, the drag of any associated with viscosity?
body of any shape immersed in a uniform a. Red Wood b. Orsat
stream is identically c. Engler d. Say Bolt
a. unitless b. maximum c. minimum d.
zero 38. At what critical speed which the flow of
water in a long cylindrical pipe if diameter 2 cm
29. It is required to pump water at 100 gal/min becomes turbulent considering that the
from a large reservoir to the surface of another temperature is 20 deg C, viscosity is 1.0E-3 Pa-s
reservoir 400 feet higher. What is the and critical Reynolds number is 3000.
horsepower of the motor to drive the pump, if a.0.350 m/s b. 0.250 m/s
the efficiency of the pump is 70%? c. 0.234 m/s d. 0.150 m/s
a. 13.33 hp b. 14.44 hp
c. 11.11 hp d. 12.22 hp 39. The increase in temperature results in:
a. increase viscosity of gas
30. When a fluid flows through a pipe of cross- b. increase viscosity in liquid
sectional area A and a velocity V, the flow or c. decrease viscosity in gas
discharge is: d. decrease viscosity of liquid
a. AV b. A²/2V c. AV² d. A²V
40. Express a pressure gage reading of 35 psi in
31. When a body moves through a fluid, it must absolute kPa.
push a finite mass of fluid out of the way. If the a. 342 kPaa b. 324 kPaa
body is accelerated, the surrounding fluid must c. 243 kPaa d. 234 kPaa
also be accelerated. The body behaves as if it
were heavier by an amount called the 41. A of which the ordinary dam is an example,
a. hydrodynamic mass b. added mass is a channel obstruction over which the flow
c. virtual mass d. all of the above must deflect
a. spillway b. gate c. weir d.
32. Mach number is less than 3 orifice
a. Incompressible Flow b. Transonic Flow
c. Supersonic Flow d. Hypersonic Flow 42. Two liquids of different densities (ρ1 =
1500/cu.m., ρ2 = 500 kg/cu.m.) are poured
33. Mach Number is between 0.8 and 1.2 together into a 100-L tank, filling it. If the
a. Incompressible Flow b. Transonic Flow resulting density of the mixture is 800 kg/cu.m.,
c. Supersonic Flow d. Hypersonic Flow find the respective quantities of liquids used.
a. 45 kg, 55 kg b. 64 kg, 36 kg
34. Mach Number is greater than 3. c. 30 kg, 70 kg d. 45 kg, 35 kg
a. Hypersonic Flow b. Transonic Flow
c. Subsonic Flow d. Ultrasonic Flow 43. An iceberg has a density of 58.1 lbm/ft3. If it
floats in fresh water, what percent of iceberg’s
35. Estimate the speed of sound of carbon volume will be visible?
monoxide at 200-kPa pressure and 300°C in a. almost 5 percent b. almost 2 percent
c. almost 3 percent d. almost 7 percent

44. Basically there are two types of turbine,

reaction and impulse, the difference lying in the
manner of head conversion. In what type of
turbine is the fluid fills the blade passages, and
the head change or pressure drop occurs within
the impeller.
a. none of the other choices
b. reaction
c. impulse
d. both b and c

45. What is the density of a stone in kg/m3 that

weighs 90 N in air and 50 N in water? a. 2000
kg/m³ b. 2500 kg/m³ c. 2200 kg/m³ d. 2250 kg/m³
46. Viscosity of water in comparison to mercury
is:
a. higher or lower depending on temperature
b. lower
c. same
d. higher

47. A sealed tank containing seawater to a

height of 12 m also contains air above the water
at gage pressure of 5 atm. Water flows out from
the bottom through the small hole. Calculate
the efflux speed of the water. a. 34.99 m/s b.
45.24 m/s c. 20.45 m/s d. 35.45 m/s
48. The bulk modulus of elasticity with increase
in pressure:
a. remains constant
b. increases first up to certain limit then
decreases
c. decreases
d. increases

49. Find the speed of sound in 32 deg F water if

the compressibility is 1/3.4 x 10-6 psi.
a. 4200 ft/s b. 4800 ft/s
c. 4400 ft/s d. 4600 ft/s

50. The negative sign for a gage reading is

called?
a. vapor pressure
b. transmission of pressure
c. vacuum pressure
d. pressure head