13.02.2013 Views

Mechanics of Fluids

Mechanics of Fluids

Mechanics of Fluids

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

206 Laminar flow between solid boundaries<br />

Just as eqn 6.21 may be adapted to apply to laminar flow in a narrow<br />

annular space when both boundaries are stationary, so may eqn 6.23 be<br />

adapted for instances where one boundary is moving. As an example in<br />

Section 6.5.1 we will consider the application <strong>of</strong> the result to describe the<br />

operation <strong>of</strong> a simple cylindrical dashpot.<br />

Example 6.3<br />

The diagram shows a pad and moving belt lubricated by oil supplied<br />

at a gauge pressure <strong>of</strong> 12 kPa at one end <strong>of</strong> the pad. The oil flows<br />

through the space between the two surfaces, emerging at atmospheric<br />

pressure. The pad is 120 mm long and the gap between the two surfaces<br />

is 0.18 mm. If the belt speed is 5 m · s −1 and assuming the flow may<br />

be taken as two-dimensional, estimate (per unit span <strong>of</strong> pad):<br />

(a) the load the pad will support<br />

(b) the rate at which oil <strong>of</strong> viscosity 0.5 kg · m −1 · s −1 must be supplied.<br />

Solution<br />

(a) dp∗ /dx is constant and independent <strong>of</strong> x. Hence the average pressure<br />

<strong>of</strong> 6 kPa is applied over an area <strong>of</strong> 0.12 m2 per unit span, giving<br />

f = F/b = 6 × 103 Pa × 0.12 m = 720 N · m−1 .<br />

�<br />

(b) q = Q<br />

b =<br />

�<br />

dp∗ �<br />

c3 −<br />

dx 12µ<br />

��<br />

12 × 10<br />

=<br />

3 N · m−2 0.12 m<br />

�<br />

�<br />

+ Vc<br />

2<br />

+ 5m· s−1 × (0.18 × 10 −3 ) m<br />

2<br />

= 4.5 × 10 −4 m 2 · s −1<br />

× (0.183 ) mm 3 × (10 −3 m/mm) 3<br />

12 × 0.5 kg · m −1 · s −1<br />

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!