Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar,

Punjab, India-144008
Department of Civil Engineering
Subject: Fluid Mechanics Code: CEDC0207

Tutorial-I
1. Calculate the density, specific weight and weight of 1 liter petrol of specific gravity 0.7.
Ans: Density = 700 kg/m3, Specific weight = 6867 N/m3, Weight = 6.867 N
2. Determine the specific gravity of a fluid having viscosity 0.05 poise and kinematic
viscosity 0.035 stokes.
Ans: 1.43
3. If the velocity distribution over a plate is given by u = 2y/3 – y2 in which u is the velocity
in meter per second at a distance y meter above the plate, determine the shear stress at y =
0 and y = 0.15 m. take dynamic viscosity of fluid as 8.63 poise.
Ans: 0.5756 N/m2, 0.3167 N/m2
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4. A flat plate of area 1.5×10 mm is pulled with a speed of 0.4 m/s relative to another plate
located at distance of 0.15 mm from it. Find the force and power required to maintain this
speed, if the fluid separating them is having viscosity as 1 poise.
Ans: 400 N, 160 W
5. Two horizontal plates are placed 1.25 cm apart, the space between them being filled with
oil of viscosity 14 poises. Calculate the shear stress in oil if upper plate is moved with a
velocity of 2.5 m/s.
Ans: 280 N/m2
6. A crude oil of viscosity 0.97 poise and relative density 0.9 is flowing through a horizontal
circular pipe of diameter 100 mm and of length 10 m. Calculate the difference of pressure
at the two ends of the pipe, if 100 kg of the oil is collected in a tank in 30 seconds.
Ans: 0.1462N/cm2
7. An oil of viscosity 0.1 Ns/m2 and relative density 0.9 is flowing through a circular pipe of
diameter 50 mm and length 300 m. the rate of flow of fluid through the pipe is 3.5 litres/s.
Find the pressure drop in length of 300 m and also the shear stress at the pipe wall.
Ans: 68.43 N/cm2 , 28.512 N/m2
8. A laminar flow is taking place in a pipe of diameter 200 mm. The maximum velocity is
1.5 m/s. Find the mean velocity and the radius at which it occurs. Also calculate the
velocity at 4 cm from the wall of the pipe.
Ans: 0.75 m/s, 70.7 mm, 0.96 m/s
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9. A fluid of viscosity 0.7 Ns/m and specific gravity 1.3 is flowing through a circular pipe
of diameter 100 mm. The maximum shear stress at the pipe wall is given as 196.2 N/m2,
find. i) the pressure gradient. Ii) the average velocity and iii) Reynolds number of the
flow.
Ans: -7848 N/m2, 3.50 m/s, 650.00
10. What power is required per kilometre of a line to overcome the viscous resistance to the
flow of glycerine through a horizontal pipe of diameter 100mm at the rate of 10 litres/s ?
Take µ=8 poise and kinematic viscosity (ν) = 6 stokes.
Ans: 32.588 kW
11. Calculate: (i) the pressure gradient along flow, (ii) the average velocity, and (iii) the
discharge for an oil of viscosity 0.02 Ns/m² flowing between two stationary parallel plates
1 m wide maintained 10 mm apart. The velocity midway between the plates is 2 m/s.
12. Determine (i) the pressure gradient, (ii) the shear stress at the two horizontal parallel
plates and (iii) the discharge per meter width for the laminar flow of oil with a maximum
 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar,
Punjab, India-144008
Department of Civil Engineering
Subject: Fluid Mechanics Code: CEDC0207
velocity of 2 m/s between two horizontal parallel fixed plates which are 100 mm apart.
Given mu = 2.4525N-s / (m2).
13. An oil of viscosity 10 poise flows between two parallel fixed plates which are kept at a
distance of 50 mm apart. Find the rate of flow of oil between the plates if the drop of
pressure in a length of 1.2 m be 0.3 N/cm³. The width of the plates is 200 mm.
14. Water at 15°C flows between two large parallel plates at a distance of 1.6 mm apart.
Determine (i) the maximum velocity (ii) the pressure drop per unit length and (iii) the
shear stress at the walls of the plates if the average velocity is 0.2 m/s. The viscosity of
water at 15°C is given as 0.01 poise.
15. There is a horizontal crack 40 mm wide and 2.5 mm deep in a wall of thickness 100 mm.
Water leaks through the crack. Find the rate of leakage of water through the crack if the
difference of pressure between the two ends of the crack is 0.02943 N/cm². Take the
viscosity of water equal to 0.01 poise.
16. The radial clearance between a hydraulic plunger and the cylinder walls is 0.1 mm; the
length of the plunger is 300 mm and diameter 100 mm. Find the velocity of leakage and
rate of leakage past the plunger at an instant when the difference of the pressure between
the two ends of the plunger is 9 m of water. Take 𝜇 = 0.0127 poise.
17. A sphere of diameter 2 mm falls 150 mm in 20 seconds in a viscous liquid. The density of
the sphere is 7500 kg/m³ and of liquid is 900 kg/m³. Find the co-efficient of viscosity of
the liquid.
18. Determine the fall velocity of 0.06 mm sand particle (specific gravity = 2.65) in water at
20°C, take μ = 10- 3 kg / m-s.
19. A liquid is pumped through a 15 cm diameter and 300 m long pipe at the rate of 20 tonnes
per hour. The density of liquid is 910 kg/m³ and kinematic viscosity = 0.002 m²/s.
Determine the power required and show that the flow is viscous.
20. An oil of specific gravity 0.9 and viscosity 10 poise is flowing through a pipe of diameter
110 mm. The velocity at the centre is 2 m/s, find: (i) pressure gradient in the direction of
flow, (ii) shear stress at the pipe wall; (iii) Reynolds number, and (iv) velocity at a
distance of 30 mm from the wall.