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    This document is the first mechanical engineering examination from 2007 on fluid mechanics. It contains 8 questions, with students required to answer 5. The questions cover various topics in fluid mechanics, including: 1) Classification of fluids based on viscosity, 2) Hydrostatic pressure variations, 3) Centre of pressure on surfaces, 4) Bernoulli's equation and head loss calculations, 5) Head loss from pipe friction and enlargements, 6) Minimum head loss in pipelines, 7) Chezy's equation for open channel flow, and 8) Short notes on specific energy, continuity, streamlines, hydraulic jumps, pressure gauges, viscosity, steady uniform flow, and Moody diagrams.

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    This document is the first mechanical engineering examination from 2007 on fluid mechanics. It contains 8 questions, with students required to answer 5. The questions cover various topics in fluid mechanics, including: 1) Classification of fluids based on viscosity, 2) Hydrostatic pressure variations, 3) Centre of pressure on surfaces, 4) Bernoulli's equation and head loss calculations, 5) Head loss from pipe friction and enlargements, 6) Minimum head loss in pipelines, 7) Chezy's equation for open channel flow, and 8) Short notes on specific energy, continuity, streamlines, hydraulic jumps, pressure gauges, viscosity, steady uniform flow, and Moody diagrams.

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    Ex/PM 12D/10/2007

    FIRST B. E. (MECH) EXAMINATION, 2007

    ( 2nd Semester )

    FLUID MECHANICS - A

    Time : Three hours Full Marks : 100

    Answer any FIVE questions.

    1. a) Classify fluids on the basis of Newton’s law of viscosity.

    b) A flat plate of area 1.5 ✕ 104 cm2 is pulled with a speed of


    0.4 m/sec relative to another plate located at a distance of
    0.15 mm from it. Find the force and power reqired to
    maintain this speed, if the fluid seperating them is having
    viscosity as 1 poise. 10+10

    2. a) Establish the hydrostatic law of pressure variation.

    b) A closed tank contains 0.6m of mercury, 2m of water,


    3.1m of oil of specific gravity 0.7 and there is air space
    above the oil. If the gauge pressure at the bottom of the
    tank is 2 kg/cm2, what is the pressure of air at the top of
    the tank. 10+10

    3. a) Prove that position of the centre of pressure of a lamina


    can be given by

    I
    y c.p. = y c + .
    Ayc

    b) Determine the total pressure and centre of pressure on the

    [ Turn over]
    [2] [3]

    isosceless triangular plate of base 4m and altitude 4m when water to a turbine which has an output of 1000 KW at 90%
    it is immersed vertically in an oil of sp.gr. 0.9 The base of efficiency. The head is 150m and the pipe length is 500 m.
    the plate coincides with the free surface of oil. 10+10 Take f = 0.025. Carry out your calculation on the basis of
    minimum head loss in pipe transmission. 10+10
    4. a) Derive Euler’s equation of motion and hence deduce
    Berneulli’s equation of motion state the assumptions for this 7. a) State the assumptions for Chezy’s equation in connection
    equation. with the open channel flow and then derive the equation.

    b) Water is flowing through a pipe having diameters 30 cm b) Obtain the condition for most efficient trapezoidal open
    and 20 cm at the bottom and upper and respectively. The channel flow. 10+10
    intensity of pressure at the bottom end is 2.5 kgf/cm2 and
    8. Write short notes on any four of the following : 5✕4=20
    the pressure at the upper end is 1 kgf/cm2. Determine the
    a) Specific energy
    difference in datum head if the rate of flow through pipe is
    40 lit/sec. 12+8 b) Continuity equation

    5. a) Prove that for sudden enlargement in a pipeline, the head c) Streamlines and streamtubes

    loss can be given by h L =


    (V1 − V2 )2 d) Hydraulic Jump
    2g
    e) Bourdan Gauge
    b) A crude oil of kinematic viscosity 0.4 stoke is flowing f) Viscosity and Newton’s Law of Viscosity
    through a pipe of diameter 30 cm at a rate of 300 litres per
    g) Steady and uniform flow
    sec. Find the head lost due to friction for a length of 50m
    of the pipe. 10+10 h) Moody Diagram

    You can use Moody Diagram.

    6. a) Show that minimum head loss due to friction is one-third


    of the available head in a pipe line.

    b) Calculate the minimum diameter of pipe that would convey

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