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100

What is the name of the law that describes momentum transfer?

Newton's Law (of Viscosity)

100

What assumption removes "accumulation" from IOGA?

Steady state
100

What causes generation of momentum?

Force (or net force)

100

Find tau in lbf ft-2 if:

dv/dx = -3 s-1

mu = 2.15 lbm ft-1 s-1

tau = 0.200 lbf ft-2

100

What does IOGA mean?

In - Out + Generation = Accumulation

200

What is the driving force for energy (or heat) transfer?

Temperature gradient
200

What needs to be assumed to cancel the pressure gradient (in the direction of movement) from the momentum balance?

Open to atmosphere

200

What are two models that can be used to find the momentum transfer in non-Newtonian fluids?

The Bingham and Power Law models
200

Calculate viscosity in lbm/(ft s) if:

V1 = 14 ft/s

V2 = 0.4 ft/s

F = 0.5 lbf

A = 1 ft^2

deltay = 0.1 in

mu = 0.00982 lbm/(ft s)

200

What are the two things "tau" may be considered as?

Shear stress and momentum flux

300

What is the physical property that relates concentration gradient to mass transfer?

Diffusivity

300

What does "no-slip condition" mean in momentum transfer?

The velocity of the fluid at the boundary of a container is the same as the velocity of the boundary (e.g. moving plates)

300

What kind of mathematical relationship does a Newtonian fluid have between the momentum flux and velocity gradient?

Linear

300

Calculate phi1,1 in the equation used to predict mixture viscosities if:

MW1 = 10 g mol-1

MW2 = 15 g mol-1 

mu1 = 200 cP

mu2 = 480 cP

phi1,1 = 1

(trick question, i = j)

300

Can Wilke's Correlation be used for liquids?

No, only gasses

400

What are the key property and law related to heat (or energy) transfer?

Thermal conductivity and Fourier's Law

400

What four things need to be assumed about a fluid to use the kinetic gas theory viscosity equation?

mu = (2)(mkT)1/2/(3pi3/2d2)

The particles are rigid, are spheres, are non-attracting, and are at low density

400

What type of fluid uses n < 1 in the Power Law Model for shear stress?

Shear thinning

400

Calculate the viscosity of a gas in Pa*s using the kinetic gas theory model (Chapman-Enskog Equation) if:

d = 0.4 nm 

Boltzmann constant = 1.3806 × 10-23 m2 kg s-2 K-1

T = 700 K

MW = 80 g mol-1

mu = 2.6812 * 10-5 Pa*s
400

What are the two components of combined (energy) flux?

Molecular and convective transport

500

What are the three terms in Fick's Law?

j = D * (dC/dx)

mass flux = diffusivity * (concentration gradient)

500

What are 4 things that could be assumed about water open to atmosphere undergoing fully-developed flow across a horizontal plane?

Any 4 of the following:

Newtonian fluid, Vy = 0, Vz = 0, Vx =/= f(x), laminar flow, steady state, constant properties rho and mu (or incompressible with no temperature gradient), dP/dx = 0, no end effects (same as Vy = Vz = 0)

500

What 3 (or 4) variables is viscosity a function of in the simplified molecular theory of liquids?

Specific volume (or molecular weight and density), boiling point, and temperature

500

Estimate the viscosity of liquid X in centipoise at 400 K using the equation from the molecular theory of liquids if:

NA = 6.022 * 1023 mol-1

h = 6.626 * 10-34 m2 kg s-1

Tb = 500 K

rho(400 K) = 2000 kg m-3

MW = 20 g mol-1

mu = 4.612 centipoise

500

DOUBLE JEAPORDY (1000 points)


How do you prove velocity is not a function of the direction it is moving in (not being transferred in)?

Mass balance 

Assume steady state

Find mass flow in terms of density, velocity, and cross-sectional area

Take the limit / Find the derivative

Derivative should equal 0

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