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The document contains tutorial questions for a Fluid Mechanics course, focusing on dimensionless relationships in fluid dynamics using the method of repeating variables. It includes problems related to stirrer power, Couette flow, and the design of a human-powered submarine with scale model testing in a wind tunnel. The document emphasizes the need for similarity in testing conditions and provides specific calculations for air speed in wind tunnels.

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The document contains tutorial questions for a Fluid Mechanics course, focusing on dimensionless relationships in fluid dynamics using the method of repeating variables. It includes problems related to stirrer power, Couette flow, and the design of a human-powered submarine with scale model testing in a wind tunnel. The document emphasizes the need for similarity in testing conditions and provides specific calculations for air speed in wind tunnels.

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ENM3218/ENS6100 Fluid Mechanics

Tutorials 7 Questions
1. A stirrer is used to mix chemicals in a large tank (Fig. P7–49). The shaft power
W& supplied to the stirrer blades is a function of stirrer diameter D, liquid density
, liquid viscosity , and the angular velocity of the spinning blades.

Use the method of repeating variables to generate a dimensionless


relationship between these parameters. Show all your work and be sure to
identify your Π groups, modifying them as necessary.

2. Consider fully developed Couette flow—flow between two infinite parallel


plates separated by distance h, with the top plate moving and the bottom plate
stationary as illustrated in Fig. P7–52. The flow is steady, incompressible, and
two-dimensional in the xy-plane. Use the method of repeating variables to
generate a dimensionless relationship for the x-component of fluid velocity u as
a function of fluid viscosity , top plate speed V, distance h, fluid density , and
distance y. Show all your work.

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ENM3218/ENS6100 Fluid Mechanics
Tutorials 7 Questions
3. A student team is to design a human-powered submarine for a design
competition. The overall length of the prototype submarine is 4.85 m, and its
student designers hope that it can travel fully submerged through water at 0.440
m/s. The water is freshwater (a lake) at T = 15°C. The design team builds a
one-fifth scale model to test in their university’s wind tunnel (Fig. P7–34). A
shield surrounds the drag balance strut so that the aerodynamic drag of the
strut itself does not influence the measured drag. The air in the wind tunnel is
at 25°C and at one standard atmosphere pressure. At what air speed do they
need to run the wind tunnel in order to achieve similarity?

Answer: 30.2 m/s

4. Repeat Prob. 7–34 with all the same conditions except that the only facility available
to the students is a much smaller wind tunnel. Their model submarine is a one-twenty-
seventh scale model instead of a one-fifth scale model. At what air speed do they need
to run the wind tunnel in order to achieve similarity? Do you notice anything
disturbing or suspicious about your result? Discuss your results.

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