Physics 1020

Homework Assignment #14:

 

#1 Ch4 Cs7

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(a)  Bernoulli's equation can be rewritten to solve for the height (h) that the water can reach by converting all the pressure potential energy into gravitational potential energy. Bernoulli's equation tells us that P + pgh = constant. So with P1 = 500,000 Pa above atmospheric pressure and h1 = 0 (ground level) the constant is just equal to the pressure P1 plus atmospheric pressure. Up in the building (at h2) we know that P2 + pgh2 = P1. P2 is atmospheric pressure so we can solve for h2 to get h2 = (P1 + atmospheric pressure - P2)/(pg) = P1/(pg) = 51m.

(0.5pt)

(b) We again use Bernoulli's equation but now we want to find the velocity of the water leaving the hose. So initially we have P1 = 500,000 Pa plus atmospheric pressure, v1 = 0 (the water movers slowly), and h1 = 0 (ground level). The situation at the other end of the hose is P2 = atmospheric pressure, h2 = 0 (the hose is still at ground level), and we want to solve for v2. Rewriting Bernoulli's equation gives v = sqrt( 2*(P1-P2)/p) = 32 m/s.

 

(1pts)#2 Ch5 E14

The behavior of the air that's responsible for the quiet (slow) and noise (fast) is the type of air flow occurring around the stick. In the case of the slow and quiet stick the air flow is laminar and the only forces acting on the stick are viscous forces. When the stick is moving fast enough the air flow around it becomes turbulent. There is a turbulent wake which results in the sound heard.

 

(1pts)#3 Ch5 E20

The reason that the bicycle rider does not have to peddle as hard is due to the pressure drag behind the truck resulting from turbulent air flow as well as a reduction in air resistance. Without the truck in front of the bicycle the rider must work against the force of air resistance. When behind the truck the rider does not have to move the air (less air resistance force) and there is a region behind the truck with a lower pressure, the pressure drag, which also pulls the rider forward.

 

(1pts)#4 Ch5 E26

The dry ball has many fuzzy projections that serve to break up the laminar flow across its surface (the boundary layer). When the boundary layer is forced to become turbulent by the fuzz it reduces the pressure drag behind the ball (downwind). The combination of the air resistance and the pressure drag would cause the ball to deflect. When we wet the ball we reduce the ability of the fuzz to disrupt the boundary layer and the pressure drag is increased. This increased pressure drag would cause slightly more deflection.

 

(1pts)#5 Ch5 E28

The smooth taper of the rider’s helmet allows the air to flow around and past the helmet without inducing turbulent flow and any associated aerodynamic forces that might increase the drag forces acting on the rider.

 

(1pts)#6 Ch5 E30

The lack of air means there would be no viscous and pressure drag forces, so the ball would go further, but also would have no lift.  Thus the golf ball would undergo simple projectile motion (constant accelerated motion) under the relatively weak gravitational field of the moon.

 

(1pts)#7 Ch5 E32

The frisbee would also undergo simple projectile motion. There would be no air to provide the lift that gives a frisbee the flight characteristics we are familiar with.

 

(1pts)#8 Ch5 P2

A 5% narrowing of a blood vessel means that the narrower blood vessel has 0.95 times the diameter of its original. We use Poiseuille's law to solve for the pressure difference. We can express the ratio (the ratio allows us to cancel all of the quantities that are unknown and constant) of the pressure difference as

 

          Dp2/Dp1 = (D1/D2)4 = (1/0.95)4 = 1.2

 

Thus the final blood pressure is 120% of the original, or the blood pressure increases by (1.2-1) x 100% = 20%. Please note that we were allowed to cancel the volume flow rates because we have treated blood as an incompressible fluid.

 

(1pts)#9 Ch5 P6

We can use Poiseuille's law to find the time to fill the cup with honey. First we can write the equation (solved for t) for water as

 

          tw = V*(128*L*h)/(p*Dp*D4)          where tw = 5 sec.

 

          th = V*(128*L*h)/(p*Dp*D4)    

 

The difference in the two situations is the viscosity. For water this is 0.001 Pa*s and for honey it’s 1000 Pa*s. We can write the same equation for the honey but replacing the viscosity with that for honey. Taking the ratio of the two equations (all the common factors cancel) gives us

 

th/ tw = hh/hw = 1000000

 

So that we find it would take 5*1000000 = 5x10^6 sec = 58 days!

 

(1pts)#10 Ch5 P8

In order to maintain laminar airflow we know that the Reynolds number must be less than about 2000. So we can calculate the flow speed from the Reynolds number as

 

Flow speed = Reynolds number*h/r*obstacle length

 

We use the viscosity and density of air and the given obstacle length to find that the max speed of the blimp for laminar flow is v = 1.95x10^-3 m/s or about 2 mm/s.