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Fluid Mechanics Test

M.M: 80 Marks

Q.1

Q.2

Time: 2 hr

Water is flowing under laminar conditions in a pipe of length L. If the diameter

of the pipe is doubled, for a constant volumetric flow rate, the pressure drop
across the pipe
a) Decreases 2 times

b) decreases 16 times

c) Increases 2 times

d) Increases 16 times

The local velocity of a fluid along a streamline can be measure by

a) Pitot tube

b) Vebturimeter

c) Rotameter

d) Orifice

meter

Q.3

For uniform laminar flow (in the x direction) past a flat plate at high Reynolds
number, the local boundary layer thickness () varies with the distance along
the plate (x) as
a) x1/4

b) x1/3

c) x1/2

Q.4

Match the pumps in Group I with the corresponding fluids in group II.
Group I

Group II

P. Gear pump

I. Highly Viscous

Q .Peristaltic pump

II. Aqueous sterile liquid

III. Slurry

a)

III

b)

II

c)

III

II

d)

II

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Q.5
Two liquids (P and Q) having same viscosity are flowing through a exchanger
as shown in below.

Density of P and Q are 1000 and 800 kg/m3 respectively. The average
velocities of the liquids P and Q are 1 and 2.5 m/s respectively. The inner
diameters of the pipes are 0.31 and 0.1 m. Both pipes are 5 mm thick. The
ratio of the Reynolds numbers Re P to ReQ is
a) 2.5
Q.6

b) 1.55

c) 1

d) 4

A liquid is flowing through the following piping network. The length of pipe
sections P, Q, R and S shown in the schematic are equal. The diameters of the
sections P and R are equal and the diameter of the section Q is twice that of S.
the flow is steady and laminar. Neglecting curvature and entrance effects, the
ratio of the volumetric flow rate in the pipe section Q to that is S is

a) 16

b) 8

c) 2

d) 1

Q.7
P = 10.3 m

2.0 m

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A storage vessel exposed to atmosphere (absolute pressure = 10.3 m of

water) has a diameter of 3 m and is initially filled with water to a height of 2
m. The pump draws water from the vessel and is located at an elevation of 5
m above the bottom of the vessel. The frictional head loss in the suction pipe
is 2 m of water. If the vapour pressure of the liquid at the temperature of
operation is 3 m of water, then the available NPSH is
a) 2.3 m

Q.8

c) 6.3 m

d) 8.3 m

In Hagen Poiseuille flow through a cylindrical tube, the radial profile of shear
stress is
a) Constant

Q.9

b) 5.3 m

b) cubic

c) parabolic

d) linear

A hydrometer with stem cross-sectional area of 2.82 10-5 m2, is immersed in

a very large vessel containing water as shown in the figure. The immersed
volume is 15 10-6 m3 and the length of the stem above water surface is L w. If
the entire volume of water is replaced by a liquid with specific gravity 1.5 and
if the length of the stem above the liquid surface is L l, then the difference, Ll
Lw, is

a) -177 mm

b) 177 mm

c) -266 mm

d) 266 mm

Q.10 The diameter of a drop liquid fuel changes with time, due to combustion,

t
tb

according to the relationship, D = D0 l . While burning, the drop falls at

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its terminal velocity under Strokes flow regime. The distance it will travel
before complete combustion, is given by

D02 tb g
a)
18
c)

D02 tb g
b)
36

D02 tb g
54

d)

D02 tb g
108

Q.11 A liquid flows over a flat naphthalene plate of length L, at a Reynolds number
(ReL = L u | ) of 1500, as shown in the figure. The surface concentration of
naphthale ne is CAs > CA and the surface temperature is TS > T .
Assume Pr = Sc = 1

y
x
O
If, at x = L,

C A*

C A*
y *

y* 0

= 10 where

C A C As
y
*
and y , then the Nusselt number and the friction coefficient
C A C As
L

at x L , are
a) 10,

1
75

b) 10, 10

c) 20, 10

d)

1
,5
75

Q.12 Under fully turbulent flow conditions, the frictional pressure drop across a
packed bed varies with the superficial velocity (V) of the fluid as
a) V-1

b) V

c) V 3

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Q.13 For a mixing tank operating in the laminar regime, the power number varies
with the Reynolds number (Re) as
1

a) Re 2

b) Re 2

d)Re-1

c) Re

Q.14 Two identical reservoirs, open at the top, are drained through pipes attached
to the bottom of the tanks as shown below. The two drain pipes are of the
same length, but of different diameters (D 1>D2).

L
D1

D2

Assuming the flow to be steady and laminar in both drain pipes, if the
volumetric flow rate in the
Larger pipe is 16 times of that in the smaller pipe, the ratio
a) 2

b) 4

c) 8

D1
is
D2

d) 16

Q.15 Losses for flow through valves and fittings are expressed in terms of
a) drag coefficient

b) equivalent length of a straight pipe

c) shape factor

d) roughness factor

Q.16 To determine the performance of a compressor, a standardized test is

performed. In the testing process, when the compressor is under operation,
shut off term signifies
a) Maximum flow
intermittent flow

b) zero flow

c) steady flow

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Q.17 Given a pipe of diameter D, the entrance length necessary to achieve fully
developed flow is proportional to (NRe is Reynolds number)
a) D NRe

D
N Re

b)

2
c) DN Re

d)

D
2
N Re

Q.18 A pump draws oil (specific gravity 0.8) from a storage tank and discharges it
to an overhead tank. The mechanical energy delivered by the pump to the
fluid is 50 J/Kg. The velocities at the suction and the discharge points of the
pump are 1m/s and 7m/s, respectively. Neglecting friction losses and
assuming kinetic energy correction factor to be unity, the pressure developed
by the pump (in Kn/ m2)
a) 19.2

b) 20.8

c) 40

d) 80

Q.19 A pipeline system carries crude oil of density 800 kg/ m 3. The volumetric flow
rate at point 1 is 0.28 m3/s. The cross sectional area of the braches 1, 2 and 3
are 0.012, 0.008 and 1.004 m2 respectively. All the three branches are in a
horizontal plane and the friction is negligible. If the pressures at the points 1
and 3 are 270 kPa and 240 kPa respectively, then the pressure at point 2 is

Outlet

2
Intlet

Outlet
3

a) 202 kPa

Q.20

b) 240 kPa

c) 284 kPa

The figure shows the idealized view of a return elbow or U bend, which is
connected to two pipes by flexible hoses that transmit no force. Water with
density 1000 kg/m3 flows at velocity of 10 m/s through the pipe, which has a
uniform ID of 0.1 m. The gauge pressure at points 1 and 2 are 304 kPa and
253 kPa respectively. The horizontal force F required to keep the elbow in
position is

d) 355 kPa

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Flow out
F
Flexible coupling
Flow in
1
a) 1574 N

b) 1970 N

c) 5942 N

d) 7533 N

Q.21 A tube of diameter d and length L is initially filled with a liquid of density and
viscosity . It is then pushed out by application of a constant force f to the
plunger as shown in the figure. Assuming laminar flow and pseudo steady
state, the time required to expel one half of the liquid out of the tube is
Pic
a)

3 L2
F

b)

3 D 2
F

c)

6 L2
F

d)

6 DL
F

Q.22 The figure shows a series-parallel configuration of three identical centrifugal

pumps. The head increase H across a single such pump varies with flow rate
Q according to H =a-bQ2 .The expression for the total head increase H =H 2H1 in terms of a and b and the total flow rate Q for this configuration is given
by
Pic
a) 2a

5 2
bQ1
4

2
b) 2a bQ1

c) 2a 2bQ1

2
d) a bQ1

Q.23 The pressure differentia across a venture-meter, inclined at 45 to the vertical

(as shown in the figure) is measured with the help of a manometer to estimate
the flow rate of a fluid flowing through it. If the density of the following fluid is
and the density of the manometer fluid is m, the velocity of the fluid at the
throat can be obtained from the expression

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Pic
a)

V22 V12 h( m )

H sin 45
2g

b)

V22 V12 h m

H sin 45
2g

V22 V12 h( m )

d)
2g

c) 1: 2 : 2

Q.24 Match the following for a centrifugal pump with impeller speed n
P. Capacity

1. Proportional to n

Q. Head

2. Proportional to n2
3. Proportional to n3

a)

b)

c)

d)

Q.25 The magnitude of the force (in N) required to hold a body of volume 0.05 m 3
and mass 40 kg in water (density 1000 kg/m3) at a depth of 0.1 m is (g = 9.81
m/s2)
a) zero
d) 882.9

b) 98.1

c) 490.5

Q.26 A liquid is pumped at the flow rate Q through a pipe of length L. The pressure
drop of the fluid across the pipe is P. Now a leak develops at the mid-point of
the length of the pipe and the fluid leaks at the rate of

Q
. Assuming that the
2

friction factor in the pipe remains unchanged, the new pressure drop across
the pipe for the same inlet flow rate (Q) will be

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1
2

a) P

5
8

b) P

3
4

c) P

d) P

Q.27 In a laminar flow through a pipe of radius R, the fraction of the total fluid
flowing through a circular cross section of radius

R
centered at the pipe axis
2

is
a)

3
8

b)

7
16

c)

1
2

d)

3
4

Q.28 Match the following types of fluid (in group I) with their respective constitutive
relations (in group II), where is the stress and is the strain rate,
Group I

Group II

P. Pseudo plastic

1. =

Q. Bingham plastic

2. = K
0

3. K ; n 1
n

4. K ; n 1

a)

b)

c)

d)

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Q.29 The thermal boundary layer is significantly thicker than the hydrodynamic
boundary layer for
a) Newtonian liquids

b) polymeric liquids

c) Liquid metals

d) gases

Q.30 For turbulent flow past a flat plate, when no form drag is present, the friction
factor f and the Chilton-Colburn factor jD are related as
a) f and jD cannot be related

b) f is equal to jD

c) f is greater than jD

d) f is less than jD

du x
for the rapid flow
dy

Q.31 The relation between the stress and the strain rate
of a granular material is given by

du x
B

dy

Where B is a constant. If M, L and T are the mass, length and time dimension
respectively, what is the dimension of the constant B?
a) ML1T 1

b) ML1T 2

c) MT 1

d) ML1T 2

Question 32 33 are based on the data provided below:

Two tanks, A and B, of cross sectional area 1 m 2 each, contain a fluid of density 1000
kg/m3 and viscosity 1 kg/(ms). The tanks are connected by a pipe of diameter 0.02 m
and length 1 m, and a check valve, at the bottom. Assume that the flow is laminar,
and there is no friction in the check valve. In the initial state, the height of the fluid
in the tank A and 6 m, and the height of the fluid in tank B is 2 m (as shown in the
figure below). The check valve is opened, and the fluid flows from tank A to tank B
till the levels in the two tanks are equal in the final state. Assume g = 10m/s 2 in the
calculations.
Pic

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Q.32 What is the average fluid velocity in the pipe as soon as the valve is opened?
a) 0.25 m/s

b) 0.5 m/s

c) 1 m/s

d) 2 m/s

Q.33 What is the total energy loss between the initial and final states due to the
fluid flow?
a) 2 10 4 J

b) 16 104 J

c) 8 104 J

d) 4 104 J

Q.34 The pressure differential across a vertical venturimeter (shown in figure) is

measured with the help of a mercury manometer to estimate flow of water
flowing through it. The expression for the velocity of water at the throat is
Pic
a)

V22 V12 h m

2g
f

b)

V22 V12 h( m w )

2g
f

c)

h( m w )
V22
H
2g
f

d)

V22 V12 h( m w )

2g
f

Q.35 Viscosity of water at 40C lies i9n the range of

h( m w )
V22
H
a)
2g
f

b) 0.5 103 1 103 kg / ( ms )

c) 1 2kg / ( ms)

d) 0.5 1kg / (ms )

Q.36 For the manometer setup shown in the figure, the pressure difference PA PB is
given by
Pic

11

a) ( H air ) gH

b) ( H L ) gH

c) ( H L ) gH ( L air ) g ( L H )

d) ( H L ) gL ( L air ) gH

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Q.37 A conical tank with a bottom opening of cross-sectional area A is filled with
water and is mounted on supports, shown in the figure. What is the force F
with which plate X must be pushed up to prevent water from leaking? Assume
that the density of air is negligible as compared to the density of water L .
Pic
b) L AH g

a) L Vg

c)

LVg
2

d)

LVg
3

Q.38 Three piping networks, as shown in the figure, are placed horizontally. They
are made using identical pipe segments and are subjected to the same
pressure drop across them. Assuming no pressure losses at junctions, the flow
rates across the three networks are related as Q1 : Q2 : Q3 ::
Pic
a) 1 3 : 2

b) 1: 2 : 3

c) 1: 2 : 2

d) 1: 2 : 2

Q.39 The variable required to be known in correlations used for estimating the
horse power of a centrifugal gas compressor and hence its cost is
P. inlet pressure

Q. compressor RPM

R. delivery pressure
a) P, Q and R

S. volumetric flow rate at inlet

b) P and R

c) R and S

d) P, R and S

Q.40 A centrifugal pump is used to pump water through a horizontal distance of 150
m and then raised to an overhead tank 10 m above. The pipe is smooth with
an I.D. of 50 mm. What head (m of water) must the pump generate at its exit
(E) to deliver water at a flow rate 0.001 m3/s?
Pic
The Fanning friction factor, f is 0.0062.

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d) 20 m

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