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AES221 Mechanics of Fluids: Answer All Questions

The document is an exam for a Mechanics of Fluids course consisting of 10 multiple choice questions worth 10 marks each, testing concepts related to fluid flow, pressure, viscosity, boundary layers, and flow between parallel plates. The exam instructions state that students should circle the correct answer for each question in the question paper and show their working steps in the space provided. Rough work can be done on extra sheets.

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AES221 Mechanics of Fluids: Answer All Questions

The document is an exam for a Mechanics of Fluids course consisting of 10 multiple choice questions worth 10 marks each, testing concepts related to fluid flow, pressure, viscosity, boundary layers, and flow between parallel plates. The exam instructions state that students should circle the correct answer for each question in the question paper and show their working steps in the space provided. Rough work can be done on extra sheets.

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Register Number

Date & Session: .FN/AN

Hall Superintendents Signature

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham


B.Tech. Degree Examinations December 2013
Third Semester
Aerospace Engineering

AES221 Mechanics of Fluids


Time: Three hours

Maximum: 100 Marks


Answer all questions
READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

The test comes with multiple choice-type questions. Indicate your ANSWER IN THE
QUESTION PAPER by circling the appropriate choice for each question. Only one of the four
answers given at the end of each question is correct.

Do not mark more than one circle for any question: this will be treated as a wrong answer.

30% mark will be awarded for each correct answer (objective part), and the remaining 70% for the
proper intermediate steps that leads to the correct answer. The essential contents of derivation
(subjective part) must be written ONLY in the space provided after each question.

Rough work may be done on extra rough sheets.

The question-cum-answer booklet and all extra rough sheets used must be returned.

Q.No.

Marks
objective subjective

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total
Grand Total

(Marks in words) :..


S

Signature of the Examiner with Date


Name in CAPITALS
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1. Referring to the figure, assume the flow to be frictionless in the siphon, find the
rate of discharge and the pressure head at B if the pipe has a uniform diameter of
15 cm

1.2 m

water
5m

(A) 0.175 m3/s; 6.2 m (B) 1.75 m3/s; -6.2 m (C) 0.175 m3/s; -6.2 m (D) 1.75 m3/s; 6.2 m
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2. Assuming that the bulk-modulus of elasticity of water is 2.07 x 106 kN/m2 at


standard atmospheric conditions, determine the increase of pressure necessary to
produce (a) 1 % reduction in the volume at the same temperature and (b) 1 %
reduction in the volume of air undergoing an isentropic compression (Patm = 101
kPa; kair = 1.4).
(A) 20700 kN/m2; 0.1414 kN/m2 (B) 2070 kN/m2; 1.414 kN/m2
(C) 2070 kN/m2; 0.1414 kN/m2 (D) 20700 kN/m2; 1.414 kN/m2
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3. The velocity of an incompressible fluid in a pipeline must be halved by providing


a diverging piece only 1-diameter long. Determine the cone angle of the piece
o

(A) 2.34 (B) 4.68 (C) 46.8 (D) 23.4

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4. The pressure drop between the entrance and exit of a 150-mm diameter 90o
elbow, through which ethyl alcohol at 20oC is flowing, is to be determined using a
geometrically similar model. The velocity of the alcohol is 5 m/s. The model fluid
is to be water at 20oC, and model velocity is limited to 10 m/s.
(i) What is the required diameter of the model elbow to maintain dynamic
similarity?
(ii) To what prototype value would a measured pressure drop of 20 kPa in the
model be?
[alcohol = 789 kg/m3; alcohol = 1.19E-3 Ns/m2; water = 1.01E-3 Ns/m2]
(A) 50 mm; 3.95 kPa (B) 50 mm; 39.5 kPa (C) 50 mm; 0.395 kPa (D) 100 mm; 3.95 kPa
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5. A conveyer system consists of a flat belt 0.5 m wide which slides at a velocity of
4 m/s parallel to a surface separated by a 6 cm thick layer of oil of viscosity 0.25
Ns/m2. Determine
(i) the pressure gradient required to cause no shear stress at the belt surface
(ii) the average velocity and the discharge of oil to be maintained for the above
(A) 55.55 N/m3; 0.2666 m/s; 0.008 m3/s (B) 555.55 N/m3; 0.2666 m/s; 0.008 m3/s
(C) -555.55 N/m3; 2.666 m/s; 0.08 m3/s (D) -55.55 N/m3; 0.2666 m/s; 0.008 m3/s
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6. Find the von Karman momentum integral equation

d u
u

1
dy

dx 0 U U

d2 u
u
(C) U 2 1 dy
dx 0 U U

(A) U

d u
u

1
dy

dx 0 U U

2
u
u
2 d

(D) U
1 dy
dx 2 0 U U

(B) U 2

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7. Determine equations for Displacement Thickness and Momentum Thickness

(A)

u
0 U

u
u
u

1 dy ; 1 dy (B)
U
U
U
0
0

u
u

1 dy ; 1 dy
U
U
0

u
u
u
u
u
u

(C) 1 dy ; 1 dy (D) 1 dy ; 1 dy
U U
U
U U
U
0
0
0
0
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8. Find the Prandtls boundary layer momentum equation for a 2-D steady laminar
flow
(A) u
(C) u

u
v
2v
v
2
x
y
y

u
u
2u
v
2
x
y
y

(B) u

u
v
2v
v 2
x
y
y

(D) u

u
u
2u
v
2
x
y
y

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9. Find the velocity profile associated with a laminar flow between horizontal
parallel plates
(A)

1 dp y 2
Ay B
dx 2

(B)

dp y 2
Ay B
dx 2

(C)

dp y 2
Ay B
dx 2

(D)

1 dp y 2
Ay B
dx 2
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10. The velocity distribution for the flow of a Newtonian fluid between two wide,
parallel plates is given by the equation
2
3V y
1

u
where V is the mean velocity. When V = 0.61 m/s and
2 h
h = 0.0051 m, determine (i) the shearing stress acting on the bottom wall, and
(ii) the shearing stress acting on the mid- plane. [ = 1.92 Ns/m2]
(A) 0 N/m2; 689 N/m2 (B) 689 N/m2; 0 N/m2 (C) 0 N/m2; 68.9 N/m2 (D) 68.9 N/m2; 0 N/m2
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