Chapter 1 : Fluid Properties

Example 1.1 Page no 8

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# Density of air

#Given 

Mw = 29.0                   # Molecular weight of air

R = 8323/Mw                 # Universal gas constant

T = 273 + 20                # temperature in K

p = 50*144*47.88            # Pressure in N/m**2

# Solution

rho = p/(R*T)               # from the state law

print "Desnity of air at 20 deg C and 50 psia = ",round(rho,2),"kg/m**3"
Desnity of air at 20 deg C and 50 psia =  4.1 kg/m**3

Example 1.2 Page no 12

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# Reduction in volume

# Given

dP = 10**6                # Pressure drop in N/m**2

V = 1                      # Volume in m**3

bta = 2.2*10**9            # Bulk modulus of elasticity in N/m**2

# Solution

dV = -dP*V/bta             # Change in volume in m**3

v = -dV*100

print "Reduction in volume = ",round(v,3),"%"
Reduction in volume =  0.045 %

Example 1.3 Page no 13

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# Volume reduction

# Given

bta1 = 2.28*10**9            # Bulk modulus of elasticity at 20 deg C and 103.4 N/m**2

bta2 = 2.94*10**9            # Bulk modulus of elasticity at 20 deg C and 1034 N/m**2

p1 = 103.4                   # Pressure in N/m**2

p2 = 1034                    # Pressure in N/m**2

# Solution 

bavg = (bta1+bta2)/2         # bulk modulus average in N/m**2

dP = p2-p1                   # pressure drop in N/m**2

V = 10                       # Volume in m**3

dV = dP*V/bavg               # Change in volume in m**3

v = -dV

print "Volume reduction = ",round(v,8),"m**3"

print "Negative sign indicates the volume has reduced"
Volume reduction =  -3.57e-06 m**3
Negative sign indicates the volume has reduced

Example 1.4 Page no 14

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# Volume reduction 

# Given

patm = 14.6                  # Atmospheric pressure in psia

p1 = 100                     # gauge pressure at point 1 in psia

p2 = 102                     # gauge pressure at point 2 in psia

V = 1                        # volume in m**3
# solution

p = p1+patm                  # absolute pressure in psia

b = p                        # for isothermal air

p1 = p2+patm                 # absolute pressure in psia

b1 = p1                      # for isothermal air

dP = p1 - p                  # change in pressure

bavg = (b1+b)/2              # average bulk modulus of elasticity in N/m**2

dV = dP*V/bavg

v = -dV

print "An increase in pressure by 2 psia will result in a volume reduction of",round(v,4),"ft**3"
An increase in pressure by 2 psia will result in a volume reduction of -0.0173 ft**3

Example 1.5 Page no 14

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# Sonic velocity of air

from math import *

# Given

k = 1.4                       # gas constant

R = 1716                      # Universal gas constant in ft.lb/slug^oR

T = 68+460                    # temperature in *oR

# solution

c = sqrt(k*R*T)

print "Sonic velocity in air at 68 deg F = ",round(c,0),"ft/s"
Sonic velocity in air at 68 deg F =  1126.0 ft/s

Example 1.6 Page no 19

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# Force  required to move the piston

from math import *

# Given

d = 0.05                        # diameter of cylinder 1 in m

l = 0.2                         # length of the cylinder in meters

d1 = 0.052                      # diameter of cylinder in m

mu = 0.09                       # Viscosity of oil in Ns/m**2

U = 1                           # velocity in m/s

Y = (d1-d)/2                        # clearance between the two cylinders in m

A = pi*l*d                 # area in m**2

# Solution 

tau = mu*U/Y                    # Shear stress in N/m**2

F = tau*A                        # Shear foce in N

print "Force required to move the piston by 1 m/s = ",round(F,2),"N"
Force required to move the piston by 1 m/s =  2.83 N

Example 1.7 Page no 20

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# Distance between the walls; Shear Stress; Location of maximum velocity

from math import *

from sympy import *

# Given

mu = 1.005*10**-3                 # Viscosity of water in Ns/m**2

# Solution 

# Part a

# Velocity is given by the formula u = 10*(0.01*y-y**2)

# two boundary conditions must be satisfied

# at y=0;u=0 at the bottom of the plate

# at y=Y ; u = 0 at top of the plate

Y = 0.01                        # Distance between the walls

Y1 = Y*100

print " (a) Distance between the walls = ",round(Y1,1),"cm"

# Part b

# tau = mu*du/dy                     # Newtons law of viscosity

# differentiate u wrt y

y = Symbol('y')

u = 10*(0.01*y-y**2)

uprime = u.diff(y)

y = 0

U = uprime

#print U
# for y =0 at the bottom plate we get 

U1 = 0.01          # from U

tau = mu*10*U1                     # shear stress in N/m**2

print " (b) Shear stress = ",round(tau,9),"N/m**2"

# Part c

# Shaer stress at 20um from the wall

tau1 = mu*10*(0.01-2*20*10**-6)        # using the equation of U and y = 20*10**-6 calc shear stress in N/m**2

print " (c) Shear Stress at 20 um from the plate = ",round(tau1,9),"N/m**2"

# Part D

# Distance at which shaer stress is zero can be found from the location of maximum velocity 

# equating uprime = 0

y1 = 0.01/2                           # shear stress location

print " (d) Location of maximum velocity = ",round(y1,3),"m"

print "Above calculation indicates that the zero shear stress and the maximum velocity occurs at the same location which is half way between the plate","\n","This  also is in conformity with the fact that , in a flowing fluid, the velocity is maximum where shear stress is zero"
 (a) Distance between the walls =  1.0 cm
 (b) Shear stress =  0.0001005 N/m**2
 (c) Shear Stress at 20 um from the plate =  0.000100098 N/m**2
 (d) Location of maximum velocity =  0.005 m
Above calculation indicates that the zero shear stress and the maximum velocity occurs at the same location which is half way between the plate 
This  also is in conformity with the fact that , in a flowing fluid, the velocity is maximum where shear stress is zero

Example 1.8 Page 24

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# Shaft torque for linear and non linear distribution of velocity 
from math import *
# Given

d = 0.1                                # diameter of shaft in m

l = 0.2                                # length of the shaft in m

t = 0.00002                            # thickness in m

N = 30                                 # RPM of shaft

U = pi*d*30/60                    # velocity in m/s

r1 = d/2

r2 = r1 + t                            # radius of bearing in m

mu = 0.44                              # Viscosity of SAE-30 oil in Ns/m**2

# Solution

# part a

F = 2*pi*r1*l*mu*U/t

T =F*r1

print " (a) For linear distribution of velocity , shaft torque = ",round(T,2),"m.N"

# part b

F1 = 2*pi*l*mu*U/log(r2/r1)


T1 =F1*r1

print " (b) For non-linear distribution of velocity , shaft torque = ",round(T1,2),"m.N"
 (a) For linear distribution of velocity , shaft torque =  10.86 m.N
 (b) For non-linear distribution of velocity , shaft torque =  10.86 m.N

Example 1.9 Page 26

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# Watts of energy lost to overcome friction
from math import *
# Given

mu = 0.44                               # viscosity of the oil in Ns/m**2

N = 300                                 # RPM of the shaft

t = 0.00025                             # thickness of the film oil in m

r1 = 0.15                               # radius in m

r2 = 0.1                                # radius in m

T = pi**2*mu*N*(r1**4-r2**4)/(60*t)

P = T*2*pi*N/60

print "Watts of energy lost in overcoming friction at 300 RPM = ",round(P,0),"Watts"
Watts of energy lost in overcoming friction at 300 RPM =  1108.0 Watts

Example 1.10 Page no 28

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# Excessive pressure inside droplet

# Given

d = 0.01                                 # diameter in m

sigma = 0.073                            # surface tension in N/m

# Solution 

dP = 4*sigma/d                           # pressure excessive

print "Excessive pressure inside the droplet = ",round(dP,2),"N"
Excessive pressure inside the droplet =  29.2 N

Example 1.11 Page no 31

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# Height to which alcohol will rise

# Given

sigma = 0.022                            # surface tension in N/m

gma = 9789                               #  specific weight

S = 0.79                                 # specific gravity

d = 0.002                                # diameter in m

# Solution 


h =4*sigma*1000/(gma*S*d)                     # capillary height in m

print "The alcohol will rise to a height of",round(h,1),"mm in the glass tube"
The alcohol will rise to a height of 5.7 mm in the glass tube