TO ACCOMPANY
MECHANICS of FLUIDS
FOURTH EDITION
MERLE C. POTTER
Michigan State University
DAVID C. WIGGERT
Michigan State University
BASSEM RAMADAN
Kettering University
, Contents
Chapter 1 Basic Considerations 1
Chapter 2 Fluid Statics 15
Chapter 3 Introduction to Fluids in Motion 43
Chapter 4 The Integral Forms of the Fundamental Laws 61
Chapter 5 The Differential Forms of the Fundamental Laws 107
Chapter 6 Dimensional Analysis and Similitude 125
Chapter 7 Internal Flows 145
Chapter 8 External Flows 193
Chapter 9 Compressible Flow 237
Chapter 10 Flow in Open Channels 259
Chapter 11 Flows in Piping Systems 303
Chapter 12 Turbomachinery 345
Chapter 13 Measurements in Fluid Mechanics 369
Chapter 14 Computational Fluid Dynamics 375
, Chapter 1/ Basic Considerations
CHAPTER 1
Basic Considerations
FE-type Exam Review Problems: Problems 1-1 to 1-14.
1.1 (C) m = F/a or kg = N/m/s2 = N.s2/m.
1.2 (B) [μ [τ du/dy] = (F/L2)/(L/T)/L = F.T/L2.
8 9
1.3 (A) 2.36 10 23.6 10 23.6 nPa.
du
1.4 (C) The mass is the same on earth and the moon: [4(8r )] 32 r.
dr
1.5 (C) Fshear F sin 4200sin 30 2100 N.
F 2100 N
= shear 4 2
84 103 Pa or 84 kPa
A 250 10 m
1.6 (B)
(T 4)2 (80 4)2
1.7 (D) water 1000 1000 968 kg/m3
180 180
du 3
1.8 (A) [10 5000r ] 10 10 5000 0.02 1 Pa.
dr
4 cos 4 0.0736 N/m 1
1.9 (D) h 3 m or 300 cm.
gD 1000 kg/m3 9.81 m/s2 10 10 6
m
We used kg = N·s2/m
1.10 (C)
pV 800 kN/m 2 4 m3
1.11 (C) m 59.95 kg
RT 0.1886 kJ/(kg K) (10 273) K
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