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FLUID MECHANICS 02 14. A circular bucket is 2 ft deep and 2 ft in diameter and open at the top.
When not rotating. The bucket is 1/3 full of water. The bucket is rotated
PSE MODULE 13.2 about an axis through the center of the bucket. What is the equivalent
specific weight at a point 0.5ft from the center of the bucket?
1. Water having kinematic viscosity k =1.3 X 10-6 m2/s flows in a 100mm A. 103.89 lbf/ft3 * C. 107.45 lbf/ft3
diameter pipe at a velocity 4.5 m/s Compute the Reynolds number. B. 103.45 lbf/ft3 D. 125.45 lbf/ft3
A. 346,153.85 C. 432,453.54
15. Which of the following statements is correct for oils of high viscosity
B. 324,435.14 D. 434,324.85
index?
2. What is the hydraulic radius of the semi-circular channel shown? A. Oil will immediately reacts in small temperature change
A. 2 ft C. 4 ft B. It continuously increase its viscosity even if there is no change in
B. 2.57 ft D. 6.14 ft temperature
C. It has fixed viscosity
3. Calculate the Reynolds number, Re, for water at 20C flowing in an open D. slight change in its viscosity with extreme temperature change*
channel. The water is flowing at a volumetric rate of 200 gal/sec. The
channel has a height of 4 feet and a width of 8 feet. At this temperature, 16. One could expect the possibility of Reynolds number similarity in all of
water has a kinematic viscosity of 1.104 x 10-5 ft2 / sec. the following cases except:
A. 605398.41 C. 158469.8 A. Pumps C. fans
B. 781975.45 D. 817487.6 B. Turbines D. weirs *
4. The Reynolds number of a sphere falling in air is 1 x 106. If the sphere’s
radius is 1 ft, what is its velocity? (air = 0.00234 slug/ft2 , air = 3.8 x 10- 17. The surface tension of water is 0.07 N/m. Find the weight of water
7 Ibf-sec / ft2) supported by surface tension in a capillary tube with radius of 0.10 mm.
A.44 µN * C. 35 µN
A. 2.5 ft / sec C. 40.6 ft / sec
B. 54 µN D. 57 µN
B. 5.1 ft / sec D. 81.2 ft / sec
18. Water at 20 C is flowing in a pipe of radius 1.0 cm. The viscosity of
5. The flow rate of water through a cast iron pipe is 5000 gallons per minute. water at 20C is 1.005 centipoise. If the flow speed at the center is 0.200
The diameter of the pipe is 1 foot, and the coefficient of friction is f = m/s and the flow is laminar, find the pressure drop due to viscosity along
0.0173. What is the pressure drop over a 100 foot length of pipe? a 5 m section pipe.
A. 21.078 Ibf / ft 2 C. 337.26 Ibf / in 2 A. 40.2 Pa* C. 13.45 Pa
B. 12.5 Pa D. 45.77 Pa
B. 23.78 Ibf / in 2 D. 337.26 Ibf / ft 2
19. A 70.874 L/s (150 ft3/min.) of water is flowing in a round pipe such that
the flow remains laminar. Considering that the critical Reynold’s number
6. A cast iron pipe of equilateral triangular cross section with side length of to be 2000, what is the diameter of the pipe necessary to ensure laminar
20.75” has water flowing through it. The flow rate is 6000 gallons per flow. (Note: kinematic viscosity of water is 4.75 x 10-5 ft2/s)
minute, and the friction factor for the pipe is f = 0.017. What is the A. 33.50 ft * C. 12.5 ft
pressure drop in a 100 foot section? B. 41.7 ft D. 37.5 ft
A. 24.3 Ibf / ft 2 C. 178.5 Ibf / ft 2
20. The pressure drop across a turbine is 30 psi. The flow rate is 60 gallons
B. 48.7 Ibf / ft 2 D. 536.4 Ibf / ft 2
per minute. Calculate the power output of the turbine.
A. 0.41 hp C. 2.54 hp
7. A cylinder 10 feet long and 2 feet in diameter is suspended in air flowing B. 1.05 hp D. 6.30 hp
at 8 ft/sec. The density of air is 0.00234 slug/ft 3, and the coefficient of
drug of the sphere is 1.3. What is the drag on the cylinder? 21. Oil (specific gravity = 0.8) at 3000 Pa flows at a constant rate of 1 m3/s
A. 0.311 Ibf C. 1.95 Ibf through the circular nozzle shown. What is most nearly the net force
B. 0.39 Ibf D. 3.89 Ibf exerted by the joint to hold the nozzle in place?
A. 140 KN
8. What is the friction factor for fully developed flow in a circular pipe where B. 240 kN
Reynolds number is 1000? C. 190 kN
A. 0.008 C. 0.08 D. 270 kN*
B. 0.064 D. 0.10
9. The velocity of water in the stream is 1.2 m/s. What is the height of the 22. What is the terminal velocity of a 50 mm diameter solid aluminum sphere
water in the pitot tube ? falling in air? Assume that the sphere has a coefficient of drag of 0.5, the
A. 3.7 cm * C. 7.3 cm * density of aluminum is 2650 kg/m3, and the density of air is 1.225 kg/m3.
B. 4.6 cm D. 9.2 cm A. 25 m / sec C. 88 m / sec
B. 53 m / sec D. 130 m / sec
10. Water ( = 62.4 lbm/ft3) is flowing through a pipe. A pitot-static gage
registers 3.0 inches of mercury. What is the velocity of the water in the 23. A cylinder 10 m long and 2 m in diameter is suspended in air flowing at
pipe? Note: density of mercury is 848.6 lbm/ft3. 8 m/sec. The air flow is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the
A. 14.8 ft/s * C. 8.2 ft/s cylinder. The density of air is 1.225 kg/m3, and the coefficient of drag of
B. 11.4 ft/s D. 7.5 ft/s the cylinder is 1.3. What is the drag on the cylinder?
A. 0.31 kN C. 1.0 kN
11. What is the equivalent head of a fluid that has a velocity of 18 m/s?
A. 16.51 m * C. 13.56 m B. 0.85 kN D. 2.3 kN
B. 18.34 cm D. 11.41 cm
24. Consider the holding tank shown. The tank volume remains constant.
12. The length of pipe is 168 meters. If the pressure drop is 50 kPa for every What is most nearly the velocity of the water exiting to the atmosphere?
30 m, what is the total pressure drop? A. 3 m/s C. 5 m/s
A. 240 kPa C. 260 kPa B. 4 m/s D. 6 m/s*
B. 280 kPa * D. 220 kPa
25. In the real flow of air (ρ = 1.225 kg/m3) around a cylinder, the circulation
13. A circular bucket is 2 ft deep and 2 ft in diameter and open at the top.
is calculated to be 3.97 m2/s. If the free stream velocity is 30 m/s, what is
When not rotating. The bucket is 1/3 full of water. The bucket is rotated
the lift generated per meter length of the cylinder?
about an axis through the center of the bucket. What is the minimum
A. 150 N / m C. 170 N / m
rotational speed at which the bucket can be rotated without spilling any
water out of the bucket? B. 160 N / m D. 200 N / m
A. 9.26 rad/s* C. 1.45 rad/s
B. 2.27 rad/s D. 10.4 rad/s

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26. A 65 mm radius cylinder shown below rotates at 3600 revolutions per 35. Determine the average velocity through a circular section in which the
minute. Air is flowing past the cylinder at 30 m/s. How much is the lift velocity distribution is given as V = Vmax 1 − ( r / r0 ) 2  The distribution
on the cylinder per unit length? The density of air is 1.225 kg/m3.
A. 190 N / m is symmetric with respect to the longitudinal axis, r = 0. r0 is the outer
radius and the vmax is the velocity along the longitudinal axis.
B. 220 N / m
A Vmax /4
C. 290 N / m
D. 370 N / m B. Vmax /3
dr
C. Vmax /2
27. The flow rate of water through a cast iron pipe is 20 m3/min. The D. Vmax r
diameter of the pipe is 0.3 m, and the coefficient of friction is f = 0.0173.
What is the pressure drop over a 30 m length of pipe?
A. 9.8 kPa C. 17 kPa
B. 13 kPa D. 19 kPa ro

28. What is the hydraulic radius of the channel shown?

A. 0.33 m 36. If a 1/3 horsepower pump runs for 20 minutes, what is the energy used?
B. 0.43 m A. 0.06 ergs C. 0.30 MJ
C. 0.49 m 3m
B. 0.25 kW D. 0.11 kW × h
1m
D. 1.5 m
2m 2m 37. Under what conditions is mass conserved in fluid flow?
t d t A. The fluid is baratropic . C. The flow is adiabatic
B. The flow is isentropic. D. It is always conserved*

3m 38. One could expect the possibility of Froude number similarity in all of the
29. The upper plate is fixed, while the lower plate moves in the positive x following cases except :
direction at 0.5 m/s. The plate separation is 0.001 m, the fluid viscosity A. surface ships
is 7 x 10-4Pa.s, and the velocity profile is linear. Calculate the shear stress, B. surface wave motion
xy, in the moving fluid C. flow over weirs
D. closed - pipe turbulent pipe flow *
00
39. One could expect the possibility of Froude number similarity in all of the
y v following cases except :
A. motion of a fluid jet
x v = 0.5 m/s B. flow over spillways
C. surge and flood waves
D. subsonic air foils *

A. 0.05 Pa C. 0.25 Pa 40. The fact that a fluid’s velocity increases as the cross sectional area of the
B. 0.15 Pa D. 0.35 Pa pipe through which it flow decreases is due to :
A. Bernoull’s equation
B. the continuity equation *
30. Under which of the following conditions is Bernoulli’s equation valid?
C. the momentum equation
A. all points evaluated must be on the same streamline
D. the perfect gas law
B. the fluid must be incompressible
C. the fluid must be inviscid
41. When a falling object reaches a speed at which the drag force equals its
D. all of the above*
weight, it has achieved :
A. Mach one
31. A jet of velocity vjet, cross-sectional area Ajet, and density jet impinges
B. a laminar boundary layer
on a reversing vane and is turned through an angle of 180°. The vane is
C. a turbulent boundary layer
moving with velocity vvane in the direction of the original jet. What is the
D. terminal velocity*
force, Fvane, exerted on the vane by the water?
A. 2ρ A jet Vjet C. 2ρ A jet Vvane
42. How does the Reynolds number of a 1/15 scale model relate to the
B. ρ A jet Vjet D. 2ρ A jet ( Vjet − Vvane ) 2 * Reynolds number of a dimensionally similar prototype?
A. They are both equal*
32. A pressurized tank contains a fluid with a density of 1300 kg/m3. The B. The Reynolds number of the prototype is 15 times lower
pressure in the air space above the fluid is 700 kPa. Fluid exits to the C. The Reynolds number of the prototype is 15 times lower
atmosphere from an opening 3 m below the fluid surface. What is most D. The Reynolds number of the model is a function of the velocity
nearly the exit velocity, v? ratio.
A. 11 m/s C. 31 m/s* 43. Fluid flows at 5m/s in a 5cm diameter pipe section. The section is
B. 22 m/s D. 52 m/s connected to a 10 cm diameter section. At most nearly what velocity does
the fluid flow in the 10 cm section?
33. What is the head loss of water flowing through a horizontal pipe if the A. 1.00 m/s C.2.50 cm/s
gage pressure at point 1 is 1.03 kPa, the gage pressure at point 2 B. 1.25 m/s* D.10.0 cm/s
downstream is 1.00 kPa, and the velocity is constant?
A. 3.1 x 10−3 m* 44. A venture meter installed horizontally is used to measure to flow of water
B. 3.1x10−2 m in a pipe. The area ratio, 𝐴2 /𝐴1 , of the meter is 0.50 and the velocity
C. 2.3x10−2 m through the throat of the meter is 3m/s. What is the most nearly the
D. 2..3 m pressure differential across the venture meter?
A. 1.5 kPa C.3.5 kPa*
34. The density of air flowing in a duct is 1.15𝑘𝑔/𝑚3 . A pitot tube is placed B. 2.3 kPa D.6.8 kPa
in the duct is measured with a wall tap at A(6x103 Pa)and pressure gage
45. The 8 cm x 12 cm rectangular flume is filled to the three-quarters of its
at B(7x103 Pa). Use the gage readings to determine the velocity of the
height. What is most nearly the hydraulic radius of the flow?
air.
A. 1.5 cm C.3.0 cm*
A. 42 m/s* C.110 m/s
B. 2.5 cm D.5.0 cm
B. 102 m/s D.150 m/s

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46. A waterfall has a total drop of 15 m and a flow rate 2 𝑚3 /s. Most nearly 58. The coefficient of velocity is equal to the :
what theoretical power is available? A. Product of the coefficient of discharge and the coefficient of
A. 294 kW * C.439 kW contraction
B. 375 kW D.750 kW B. Actual velocity divided by the theoretical velocity*
C. Sum of the coefficient of discharge and the coefficient of
47. To what height will 20°𝐶 ethyl alcohol(surface tension 0.0227 N/m, contraction
contact angle 0°, specific heat 0.68 kcal/kg°𝐶, 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 0.79 𝑔/𝑐𝑚3 ) rise D. Difference of the coefficient of discharge and the coefficient of
is a 0.25 mm internal diameter glass capillary tube ? The density of the contraction
alcohol is 790 kg/𝑚3 .
A. 0.12 m C.0.12 m 59. In parallel pipe system originating and terminating in common junctions,
B. 0.047 m* D.0.47 m A. mass flows through each branch are equal
B. pressure drops through each branch are equal*
48. The diameter of a water pipe gradually changes from 5cm at point A to C. lengths of each branch are equal
15 cm at point B. Point A is 5 m lower than point B. The pressure is 700 D. flow areas of each branch are equal
kPa at point A and 664 kPa at point B. Friction between the water and
the pipe wall is negligible. What is the rate of discharge at point B? 60. Venturi meters, pitot static gauges, orifice meters, flow nozzles, and
A. 0.0035 𝑚3 /s. C.0.010𝑚3 /s.* differential manometers all depend upon the relationship between:
3
B. 0.0064 𝑚 /s. D.0.018 𝑚3 /s. A. flow velocity and friction
B. flow velocity and pressure *
49. What is the hydraulic radius of the trapezoidal(isosceles) irrigation canal C. friction and pressure
of bases 5 m and 11 cm respectively with depth of 4m? D. pressure and mass flow
A. 1.63 m C.2.13 m 61. Expansion factors take into account the :
B. 2.00 m* D.4.00 m A. area of the vena contracta
B. small effect of friction and turbulence of the orifice
50. A venture meter installed horizontally is used to measure to flow of water C. changes in diameters of a converging pipe
in a pipe. The area ratio, 𝐴2 /𝐴1 , of the meter is 0.50 and the velocity D. effects of compressibility*
through the throat of the meter is 3 m/s. What is the most nearly the
pressure differential across the venture meter? 62. The matching of scale model and full - scale results for a fluid dynamic
A. 1.5 kPa C. 3.5 kPa* phenomena with a free surface requires equality of :
B. 2.00 kPa D. 6.8 kPa A. Reynolds number C. Weber number
B. Froude number * D. Cauchy number
51. A waterfall has a total drop of 15 m and a flow 2 𝑚3 /s.Most nearly what
theoretical power is available? 63. The matching of scale model and full - scale prototype results for a fluid
A. 294 kW* C. 439 kW dynamic phenomena involving surface tension requires equality of :
B. 375 kW D.750 kW A. Reynolds number* C. Weber number
B. Froude number D. Cauchy number
52. A sliding-plate (50 cm x 25 cm) viscometer is used to measure the
viscosity of a Newtonian fluid( 1 mm thick). A force of 25 N is required 64. All of the following are forms of drag on a body moving through a fluid
to keep the top plate moving at a constant velocity of 5 m/s. What is the except :
viscosity of the fluid? A. skin friction C. wake drag
A. 0.005 N. s/m2 C. 0.2 N. s/m2 B. profile drag D. d’ Alembert’s paradox drag*
B. 0.04 N. s/m2 * D. 5.0 N. s/m2
65. Which of the following refers to the measure of a fluid’s sensitivity to
53. A 2 mm (inside diameter ) glass tube is placed in a container of mercury. changes in viscosity with changes in temperature?
An angle of 40° is measured are 13550 kg/m and 37.5 x 𝑚−2 N/m, A. Viscosity index * C. Coefficient of viscosity
respectively. How high will the mercury rise or be depressed in the tube B. Viscosity ratio D. Viscosity factor
as a result of capillary action?
A. -4.3 mm* C.4.2 mm 66. Which of the following ratios describes Reynolds number?
B. -1.6 mm D.6.4 mm A. Inertial forces / Viscous forces *
B. Drag forces / Buoyant forces
54. A nuclear submarine is capable of a top underwater speed of 65 km/hr. C. Buoyant forces / Inertial forces
How fast would a 1/20 scale model of the submarine have to be moved D. Viscous forces / Drag forces
through a testing pool filled with seawater for the forces on the submarine
and model to be dimensionally similar? 67. What is the classification of the fluid flow if the fluid travels parallel to
A. 0.90 m/s C.180 m/s the adjacent layers and the paths of the individual particles do not cross
B. 18 m/s D. 360 m/s* each other?
A. Steady flow C. Laminar flow *
55. Fluid flows at 5 m/s in a 5 cm diameter pipe section. The section is B. Uniform flow D. Turbulent flow
connected to a 10 cm diameter section. At most nearly what velocity does 68. What is the reciprocal of absolute viscosity?
the fluid flow in the 10 cm section? A.Viscosity gradient C. Compressibility
A. 1.00 m/s C.2.50 cm/s B. Fluidity * D. Viscosity index
B. 1.25 m/s* D.10. 0 cm/s
69. A vena contracta in a fluid jet issuing through a hole in a plate is located
56. The diameter of a pipe at the larger end is 0.50 m and at the end smaller approximately:
end is 0.20 m, the larger and smaller ends are located 7 meters and 3 A. 10 diameters downstream of the hole
meters respectively, from the datum line. If at the larger end, the velocity B. at jet’s minimum diameter *
is 1.2 meters per second and the pressure is 5200 kN/𝑚2 , compute the C. at the orifice minimum diameter
pressure at the smaller end. D. at the orifice maximum diameter
A. 5211.84 kPa* C.4352.45 kPa
B. 5642.56 kPa D.3452.45 kPa 70. Which of the following is the other name of velocity gradient?
A. strain rate C. rate of shear formation
57. The coefficient if discharge is the ratio of the : B. shear rate D. All of these *
A. area of vena contracta to the orifice area
B. actual discharge to the theoretical discharge* 71. Alcohol finds use in manometers as :
C. actual velocity to the theoretical velocity A. it provides a suitable meniscus for the inclined tube
D. effective head to the actual head B. its density being less can provide longer length for a pressure
difference, thus more accuracy can be obtained
C. A and B above are correct*
D. Cheap and easily available

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72. A cylindrical pipe with water flowing downward at 0.02 m3/s having top A.0.6598 kg/m3 C. 0.6518 kg/m3 *
diameter of 0.08, bottom diameter of 0.04 m and height of 1.5 m. Find B. 0.6851 kg/m3 D. 0.6185 kg/m3
the pressure between the pipe.
A. 94.05 kPa C. 124.07 kPa 85. A hose shoots water straight up for a distance of 2.5 m. The end opening
B. 104.06 kPa * D. 134.10 kPa on the hose has an area of 0.75 cm2. How much water come out in 1 hour.
A.1.89 m3* C. 1.67 m3
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73. Find the volume flow rate of water in L/s if the power developed under a B. 0.78 m D. 2.56 m3
head of 320 m is 10,500 kW and the hydraulic efficiency is 85%.
A. 3,935 * C. 3,271 86. How high does mercury barometer stands on a day when atmospheric
B. 3,293 D. 3,721 pressure is 98.6 kPa considering that the specific gravity of mercury is
13.6.
74. A sealed tank containing seawater to a height of 12 m also contains air A.739 mm * C. 760 mm
above the water at gage pressure of 5 atm. Water flows out from the B. 400 mm D. 540 mm
bottom through a small hole. Calculate the efflux speed of the
water.Note: s.w = 1.03 x 103 kg/m3 87. A 10 liter of an incompressible liquid exerts a force of 20 N at the earth’s
A. 34.92 m/s* C. 20.45 m/s surface. What force would 2.3L of this liquid exerts on the surface of the
B. 45.24 m/s D. 35.45 m/s moon. The gravitational acceleration on the surface of the moon is 1.67
𝑚/𝑠 2
75. Water leaves a faucet with a downward velocity of 3 m/s. As the water A. 0.39 N C.3.4 N
falls below the faucet it accelerates with acceleration g. The cross B. 0.78* D.4.6 N
sectional area of the water stream leaving the faucet is 1.0 cm2. What is
the cross-sectional area of the stream 0.50 m below the faucet. 88. A scuba diver at a depth of 200 feet (60 m) notices the bubbles he exhales
A. 0.69 cm2* C. 0.57 cm2 have diameters of 1/2 inch ( 1 cm). Assume the surface tension and water
B. 0.45 cm 2 D. 0.25 cm2 temperature remain relatively constant. What diameter bubble should be
expect at a depth of 50 feet (15 m) ?
76. A hose shoots water straight up a distance of 2.5 m. The end opening on A. 1.587 cm C. 2.301 cm
the hose has an area of 0.75 cm2. How much water comes out in min? B. 1.452 cm D. 1.203 cm
A. 31.5 liters* C. 20.5 liters
B. 41.5 liters D. 130.5 liters 89. A scuba diver at a depth of 60 m notices the bubbles he exhales have
diameters of 1 cm. Assume the surface tension and water temperature remain
relatively constant. What is the depth if the diameter is 0.50 cm ?
77. A conical reducing sections connects an existent 10.16 cm diameter
A. 540 cm C. 120 cm
pipeline with a new 5.08 cm diameter line. At 689.30 kPa static pressure B. 320 cm D. 480 cm *
under no-flow conditions, what is the tensile force is exerted on the
connectors at joint A assuming no end restraint from the pipe. 90. A scuba diver at a depth of 60 m notices the bubbles he exhales have
A. 4.19 kN * C. 3.23 kN diameters of 1 cm. Assume the surface tension and water temperature
B. 5.12 kN D. 4.15 kN remain relatively constant. What is the pressure of the bubble at 60 m
depth?
78. An oil flowing at the rate of 0.001 m3/s through an 8 cm diameter pipe A. 540 kPa C. 720 kPa
has a kinematic viscosity of 2 x 10-5 m2/s and an specific gravity of 0.85. B. 320 kPa D. 690 kPa *
What is the centerline velocity?
A. 0.398 m/s* C. 0.235 m/s 91. What is the kinetic energy of 20C water flowing in a 5 cm pipe at 5 m/s?
B. 0.678 m/s D. 0.547 m/s A. 12.5 J/kg * C. 11.5 J/kg
79. At a height of 10,000 m (33,000 ft ) above the sea level, atmospheric B. 10.5 J/kg D. 9.5 J/kg
pressure is about 210 mm of Hg. What is the resultant normal force on a
600 cm2 window of an airplane flying at this height when the hydrostatic 92. Ammonia at 140 kPa and 13C ( = 0.988 kg/m3) flows through a pipe. A
conditions and a pressure inside the plane of 760 mm of mercury and micromanometer measuring impact pressure shows 4.06 m of water. What
density of mercury is 13,600 kg/m3 ? is the velocity of the ammonia in the pipe?
A. 4.403 kN * C. 5.721 kN A. 43.58 m/s C. 34.54 m/s
B. 3.407 kN D. 2.741 kN B. 47.83 m/s * D. 32.23 m/s
93. What is the equivalent diameter of a partially full rectangular channel
80. A submarine is 100 m long. The shape of its hull is roughly cylindrical whose width is 30 feet (9.0 m) and depth is 5.0 feet (1.5m) ?
with a diameter of 15 m. When it is submerged, it cruises at a speed of A. 4.5 m * C. 2.5 m
about 40 knots or approximately 20 m/s. Compute the Reynolds number, B. 4 m D. 5 m
if the viscosity is 1.0 x 10-3 Pa.s. 
A. 3 x 108 * C. 5 x 108 94. Air flows in a pipe of 0.75 in2 (4.8 cm2) area at 250 ft//sec ( 76 m/s). The
8
B. 4 x 10 D. 2.5 x 108 density of the air is 0.075 lbm/ft3 (1.2 kg/m3). If the flow splits and both
halves leave parallel to the plate, what is the force required to hold the
81. The jet discharges water at the rate of 0.10 m3/s and at a speed of 18 m/s plate?
to stationary plate. Determine the force on the plate. A. – 3.33 N C. 4.5 N
A. 2800 N C. 1800 N * B. – 6.66 N D. 9 N
B. 2000 N D. 2500 N
95. A uniform area water jet travels at 200 m/s and 3 m3/s. What is the
82. What is the expected head loss per mile of a closed circular pipe with 17 horizontal force acts on the water jet if it undergoes a 90 turn.
in. inside diameter friction factor of 0.03 when 3300 gal/min of water A. – 0.60 MN * C. 0.80 MN
flow under pressure ? B. – 0.75 MN D. 0.23 MN
A. 0.007 ft C. 38 ft *
B. 0.647 ft D. 35.80 ft 96. A uniform area water jet travels at 600 fty/sec ( 200 m/s) and 100 ft 3 /sec (
3 m3/s). What is the horizontal force acts on the water jet if it undergoes a
83. A 150 mm diameter pipe carries 81.3 L/s of water. The pipe branches into 180 turn.
two pipes one is 50 mm in diameter and the other is 75 mm. What is the A. 1.4 MN C. – 0.6 M N
velocity in 75 mm pipe if the velocity of the flow in the 50 mm pipe is B. - 1.2 MN D. 4.5 MN
10 m/s?
A. 13.96 m/s * C. 17.25 m/s 97. A jet is discharged through a 25 cm-diameter orifice under constant head
B. 15.67 m/s D. 19.43 m/s of 0.64 m. The total discharge is 103 kg in 90 seconds. The jet is observed
to pass through a point 60m downward 1.2 m away from the vena contracta.
Compute the theoretical velocity.
84. A gas flows through a square conduit, at the entrance the conduit sides
A. 3.54 m/s * C. 2.54 m/s
are 10 cm, the velocity is 7.55 m/s, and the gas mass density is 1.09
B. 1.56 m/s D. 4.35 m/s
kg/m3. At the exit, the conduit sides are 25 cm, and the velocity of the
flow is 2.02 m/s. Find the density of the gas at the exit section considering
that the gas is compressible.

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98. A jet is discharged through a 25 cm-diameter orifice under constant head

of 0.64 m. The total discharge is 103 kg in 90 seconds. The jet is observed
to pass through a point 60m downward 1.2 m away from the vena contracta.
Compute the theoretical discharge in kg.
A. 156 kg * C. 245 kg
B. 345 kg D. 452 kg

99. A jet is discharged through a 25 cm-diameter orifice under constant head

of 0.64 m. The total discharge is 103 kg in 90 seconds. The jet is observed
to pass through a point 60m downward 1.2 m away from the vena contracta.
Compute the coefficient of contraction and the coefficient of discharge.
A. 0.968 C. 0.92
B. 0.66 * D. 0.69

100. A jet is discharged through a 25 cm-diameter orifice under constant head

of 0.64 m. The total discharge is 103 kg in 90 seconds. The jet is observed
to pass through a point 60m downward 1.2 m away from the vena contracta.
Compute the coefficient of velocity.
A. 0.682 C. 0.92
B. 0.66 * D. 0.69

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