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UNIVERSITI
TEKNOLOGI
PETRONAS
FINAL EXAMINATION
JANUARY 2015 SEMESTER
COURSE : MCB2013 - FLUID MECHANICS |
DATE : 26TH APRIL 2015 (SUNDAY)
TIME : 9,00 AM - 12.00 NOON (3 hours)
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Note
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Answer ALL questions from the Question Booklet
Begin EACH answer on a new page in the Answer Booklet.
Indicate clearly answers that are cancelled, if any.
Where applicable, show clearly steps taken in arriving at the solutions and
indicate ALL assumptions.
Do not open this Question Booklet until instructed.
There are ELEVEN (11) pages in this Question Booklet including
the cover page and appendices.
Universiti Teknologi PETRONASMDB 2013
Describe the following terms:
i, Streamlines
ji, Newtonian fluid
[4 marks]
Water flows steadily from large tank and exits through a vertical,
constant diameter pipe as shown in FIGURE Q1. The air in the tank
is pressurized to 50 kN/m2, Assume inviscid and incompressible flow
for the water. The specific weight of water is 9.8 kN/m?,
FIGURE Q1
i, Determine the height, A to which the water rises.
(6 marks]
ii, Calculate the water velocity in the pipe.
[6 marks]
ili, Find the pressure in the horizontal part of the pipe.
[5 marks]MDB 2013
Propose TWO(2) changes we can make in order to decrease
the height of the fountain to half of the initial height. Justify
your answers.
[4 marks]