2014 Fluid Mechanics Midterm Exam
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 Notes:
 1. The midterm quiz covers assignments 1-5 2. Assignment #5 is due on October 29th. 3. There is an aerospace department party on Nov. 1st in the afternoon

 10.15.14
Fluid Mechanics Midterm Quiz
November 7th 2014
17:00 — 19:00

NO NOTES OR BOOKS; USE FLUID MECHANICS TABLES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED; ANSWER ALL 4 QUESTIONS; TOTAL POINTS: 100 PTS.
 11.10.14
 Question #1
Water is flowing in a horizontal pipe with a diameter of 50 mm into another pipe with a diameter of 70 mm. A Venturi meter is placed between these two pipes. A differential manometer shows a $72$ mm Hg difference in height. It is connected to the Venturi meter's narrowest cross section with a diameter of 35 mm, and to the inlet section with a diameter of 50 mm. Determine the mean velocity in the pipe with the diameter 70 mm.
 Question #2
The model of a wind turbine (windmill) is to be tested in a low speed wind tunnel. The starting torque, and the power output at various angular velocities, are the dependent variables of specific interest. Determine suitable non-dimensional forms for these two parameters and the criteria of similarity on which they depend. Discuss what difficulties are likely to arise if dynamically-similar tests are made in a wind tunnel.

A 1/20$^{\rm th}$ scale model is tested in a tunnel and it is decided that the effects of viscosity will be unimportant. The model produces 50 W in a wind speed of 5 m/s when rotating at $240$ rpm. Determine the power output of the prototype when the angular velocity is 30 rpm under dynamically-similar conditions. What is the corresponding wind speed? The air density is the same for the model and the prototype.
 Question #3
Consider water at rest in a container as follows:
Knowing that the air pressure inside the tank is of 2 atm, that the surrounding air pressure is equal to 1 atm, that the lever length $L=4$ m, and that $H_1=10$ m, $W_1=2$ m, $W_2=1.5$ m:
 (a) Find $H_2$ in meters (b) Find the force per unit depth $F$ (in Newtons per meter) needed to prevent the lever from rotating around the pivot A.
 Question #4
Because of heavy rain, the Oncheon stream overflows near the PNU subway station. A large amount of mud lies in the streets and you are the engineer in charge of removing this mud. For this purpose, you use a truck on which a plow is mounted at the front, and use it to move the mud out of the road as follows:

Knowing that the truck travels at 30 km/hour, that the width of the mud $W$ is of 1 m, that the height of the mud $H$ is of 30 cm, that the density of the mud can be taken as 1700 kg/m$^3$, do the following:
 (a) Find the force necessary to push the plow. (b) Find the power necessary to push the plow.
Hint: You can neglect the friction force between the mud and the plow.
 1. 1.21 m/s. 2. $\Pi_1={\cal P}/\rho \omega^3 D^5$, $\Pi_2={\cal T}/\rho \omega^2 D^5$, $\Pi_3=\mu/\rho \omega D^2$, $\Pi_4=\omega D/q_\infty$; 312500 W; 12.5 m/s. 3. 20.34 m, 346 kN/m. 4. 64.4 kN, 536 kW.
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