Discharge of 200 tons of water ballast decreases

Subject: Fluid Mechanics/Dynamics the draft to 21 ft. What would be the draft of
the ship in fresh water?
a. 20.475 ft
1. Gas is flowing through a square conduit whose
b. 21.49 ft
section gradually changes from 150 mm
c. 21.50 ft
(section A) to 300 mm (section B). At section A,
d. 21.53 ft
the velocity of flow is 7 m/s and the density of
7. A barrel containing water weighs 283.5 lb. What
gas is 1 kg/m3 while at section B the velocity of
will be the reading on the scales if a 2 in by 2 in
flow is 2 m/s. Calculate the density of the gas at
piece of wood is held vertically in the water to a
section B.
depth of 2.0 ft?
a. 0.625 kg/m3
a. 287 lb
b. 0.875 kg/m3
b. 288 lb
c. 1.75 kg/m3
c. 289 lb
d. 1.625 kg/m3
d. 290 lb
2. The pressure 6 meters below the surface of a
8. A plastic sphere is immersed in sea water and
liquid is 3.2 psi, what is the specific gravity of
moored at the bottom. The sphere radius is 15
that liquid?
inches. The mooring line has a tension of 160 lb.
a. 0.375
What is the specific weight of the sphere?
b. 0.365
a. 25.6 lb/ft3
c. 0.752
b. 31.5 lb/ft3
d. 0.460
c. 44.4 lb/ft3
3. Air at atmospheric pressure and with a mean
d. 50.6 lb/ft3
velocity of 0.5 m/s, flows inside a square section
9. The total weight of the hydrometer is 0.035 lb
duct of side b = 2.5 cm. If the air temperature is
and the stem diameter is 0.35 in, compute the
3500K, determine the Reynolds number. (at
elevation h for the fluid of specific gravity 1.4
3500K viscosity = 20.76 x 10-6 m2/s)
a. 206
b. 302
c. 108
d. 602
4. Water is flowing in a pipe with radius of 12
inches and a velocity of 11 m/sec. The viscosity
of water is 1.131 Pa-sec. What is the Reynolds
number?
a. 2964
b. 5930
c. 58 a. 0.24 in
d. 9189 b. 2.64 in
5. A turbine is rated at 650 hp when the flow of c. 2.88 in
water through it is 0.85 m3/sec. Assuming an d. 3.12 in
efficiency of 84%. What is the head acting on 10. A hydrometer weighs 0.17 N and has a stem
the turbine? diameter of 11 mm. What is the distance
a. 48 m between the scale markings for s.g. = 1 and s.g.
b. 66 m = 1.1? Between 1.1 and 1.2?
c. 160 m a. 16.6 mm, 13.9 mm
d. 69 m b. 13.9 mm, 16.6 mm
6. A ship with a vertical sides near the waterline, c. 19.3 mm, 16.6 mm
weighs 4000 tons and draws 22 ft in salt water. d. 13.9 mm, 16.9 mm
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11. A square pole (s.g. = 0.68), 80 mm by 80 mm by

6 m long, is suspended by a wire so that 4
meters will be submerged in water and 2 m
above the surface. What is the tension in the
wire?
a. -0.512 kg
a. 46.46 KN
b. 5 N
b. 20.13 KN
c. -6.25 N
c. 21.13 KN
d. 6 N
d. 21.55 KN
12. A wood (s.g = 0.62) 2 in by 2 in by 10 ft. and
15. A balloon of diameter 9 m is moored is filled
floats in seawater (s.g. = 1.025). How many
with helium pressurized to 111 KPa. Compute
pounds of steel (s.g. = 7.85) should be attached
the tension if the balloon is moored to the
to the bottom to make a buoy that floats with
ground. Atmospheric pressure at 20 deg is 101
exactly h = 1.5 ft of the wood exposed?
kPa.
a. 4.36 lb
a. 2640 N
b. 5.01 lb
b. 3125 N
c. 4.35 lb
c. 3814 N
d. 5.12 lb
d. 3940 N
13. A 2 in by 2 in by 10 ft spar has 7 lb of steel
16. A cylindrical pole of 100 mm diameter. Wind is
weight attached; the buoy has lodged against a
blowing against it with a velocity of 15 m/s and
rock 7 ft. deep. Compute the angle at which the
air temperature is 30oC. Find the bending
buoy will lean, assuming the rock exerts no
moment about the base at ground level.
moment on the buoy.
Neglect end effects. Atmospheric pressure is at
101.3 kPa v = 1.6 x 10-5 m2/s

a. 25.87 deg
b. 26.1 deg a. 2.448 KJ
c. 27.3 deg b. 3.612 KJ
d. 28.2 deg c. 1.389 KJ
14. The submerged brick is balanced by a 2.54 kg d. 4.164 KJ
mass on the beam scale. What is the specific 17. A pitcher throws a baseball through air at 50oF
weight of the brick if it displaces 2.197 liters of at a velocity of 92 mph. The diameter of the
water? baseball is 2.82 in. Find the drag force on the
baseball. CD = 0.42

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a. 0.35 lb a. 0.402 MW
b. 0.38 lb b. 0.124 MW
c. 0.40 lb c. 1.42 MW
d. 0.42 lb d. 1068 KJ
18. A highway sign as illustrated below, assuming 23. A pump delivers 0.300 m3/s against a head of
the sign can be analyzed as a flat plate, 200 m with a relative speed of 2000 rpm. Find
determine the wind velocity required to the specific speed of the pump.
overturn the sign if it was designed to resist a a. 1264
total moment of 6000 lb-ft at its base. Use mass b. 1164
density of air = 0.00234 slug/ft3. CD = 1.16 c. 1064
d. 964
24. The value of NSPHmin for a pump is given by the
manufacturer as 20 ft. Water is being pumped
from a reservoir at a rate of 25 cfs. The water
level in the reservoir is 6 ft below the pump.
Atmospheric pressure is 14.7 psia and water
temperature is 40oF. If the total head loss in the
suction pipe is 4 ft. Is the pump safe from
cavitation effects? Vapor pressure = 0.12847 psi
a. 38.10 mph
a. Yes
b. 55.85 mph
b. No
c. 17.75 mph
25. A pump delivers 345 cfs operates at 225 rpm
d. 93.95 mph
from a head of 45 ft. Impeller diameter is 72
19. A sharp flat plate with L = 1 m and b = 3 m is
inch. Determine the size and synchronous
immersed parallel to a stream of velocity 2 m/s.
speed of a geometrical pump that will produce
Find the drag on one side of the plate. Air
2.5 m3/s at 90 m head.
density = 1.23 kg/m3 and v = 1.46 x 10-5 m2/s
a. 2 ft, 1900 rpm
a. 0.034 N
b. 1.9 ft, 1800 rpm
b. 0.00359 N
c. 1.8 ft, 1700 rpm
c. 0.0265 N
d. 1.7 ft, 1600 rpm
d. 0.0135 N
20. Find the boundary layer thickness at the trailing
edge of the plate in the previous problem
a. 13.5 mm
b. 26.5 mm
c. 3.59 mm
d. 3.4 mm
21. A hydrofoil 1.2 ft. long and 6 ft. wide is placed in
a water flow of 40 fps with density of 1.99
slugs/ft3 and v = 0.000011 ft2/s. Estimate the
boundary layer at the end of the plate.
a. 0.0012 ft.
b. 0.012 ft.
c. 0.0216 ft.
d. 0.026 ft.
22. A ship is 180 m long and has a wetted surface
area of 8000 m2. Estimate the power expended
against the drag when the ship moves at 3.86
m/s in sea water at 20oC. µ = 1.07 x 10-3
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