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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Hydraulic Engineering
Assignment- Week 2
Number of questions: 12 Total mark: 12 X 1 = 12

QUESTION 1:
 
The flow field satisfying V
.  0 as the continuity equation represents always a ---------------
flow.

Correct Answer: Incompressible

 
    
Detailed Solution: The continuity equation  . V  0 becomes V
.  0 for an
t

incompressible flow.

QUESTION 2:
A line which is tangential to the velocity vector everywhere at a given instant is called a ------------

Correct Answer: Streamline

Detailed Solution: A streamline is defined as an imaginary line such that at a given instant of
time it is tangential to the velocity vector.

QUESTION 3:
The stream function given by   y 2  x 2 represents -------------------- flow.

Correct Answer: Irrotational

   2  2
Detailed Solution:  2 x ,  2y ,  2 , 2
x y x 2 y 2
 2  2
  0 . Hence the flow is irrotational as it satisfies Laplace Equation.
x 2 y 2

QUESTION 4:

The velocity vector in a one-dimensional flow field is given by V  4 x 3iˆ . Calculate the velocity
and acceleration of the fluid particle at x = 2 and time t = 2.

Correct Answer: 1536

u
Detailed Solution: The acceleration is given by a x  u
x
 
 4 x 3  12 x 2  48  2  1536 units
5

QUESTION 5:

Does the velocity field given by V  4 x  2 y  3iˆ  2 x  4 y  3 ˆj satisfy the continuity
equation of steady, incompressible flow?
a. Yes b. No c. Both d. None

Correct Answer: No

u v
Detailed Solution:  4, 4
x y

u v
  8  0 . Hence, not satisfied.
x y

QUESTION 6:
If the stream function of a flow satisfies Laplace equation, then the flow is ----------------

Correct Answer: irrotational

Detailed Solution: If  exists, then the flow may be rotational or irrotational but if it satisfies
Laplace Equation then the flow is irrotational. (Can be derived from the conditions of
irrotationality i.e.  z  0 .)
 QUESTION 7:
Which forces are taken into consideration while deriving Euler’s equation of motion for inviscid
flow? __________ force and ____________ force
a. Inertial force and gravitational force
b. Pressure force and gravitational force
c. Surface tension force and gravitational force
d. Viscous force and gravitational force

Correct Answer: b. Pressure force and gravitational force.

Detailed Solution: Please look into the derivation.

QUESTION 8:
In a steady flow, streamlines and pathlines are ----------------

Correct Answer: Identical.

Detailed Solution: Streamlines and pathlines coincides for steady flow.

QUESTION 9:
A 25 cm diameter pipe carries oil of specific gravity 0.8 at the rate of 150 liters per second. At a
point A, which is 3.5 m above the datum, the pressure is 19.62 kN/m 2. Calculate the total energy at
section A in meters of oil. (up to 3 decimal places)

Correct Answer: 6.476 (Range 6.460 – 6.480)

Detailed Solution: Total energy H 

p

Q2
z
19.62  1000

150  10 
3 2
 3.5
g 2 gA 2
800  9.81    0.25 2 
2  9.81   
 4 
H  6.476 m
QUESTION 10:
The rate of change of a physical parameter with respect to a system in terms of that with respect
to a control volume is achieved by -----------------
a. Reynolds transport theorem b. continuity equation
c. Momentum equation d. All of these
Correct Answer: a. Reynolds transport theorem or RTT.

Detailed Solution: Reynolds transport theorem relates the time rate of change of a physical
parameter with respect to a system in terms of that with respect to a control volume.

QUESTION 11:
The dimension of momentum correction factor  is -----------

a. 𝑀𝐿−1 𝑇 b. M 0 L0T 0 c. 𝑀𝐿𝑇 −1 d. 𝑀𝐿𝑇 −2

Correct Answer: M 0 L0T 0

Detailed Solution: The momentum correction factor is a dimensionless constant.

QUESTION 12:
Uniform flow of a real fluid takes place in a horizontal pipe of diameter D. If p1 and p 2 are the
pressures at the upstream and downstream sections of a stretch of length L of the pipe, the
boundary shear stress  0 could be expressed by the momentum equation as -------------
(𝑝1 −𝑝2 )𝐷 4𝐿𝐷 (𝑝1 −𝑝2 ) 4𝐷
a. b. c. d.
4𝐿 (𝑝1 −𝑝2 ) 4𝐿𝐷 𝐿(𝑝1 −𝑝2 )

Correct Answer: a.
 p1  p2 D
4L

Detailed Solution: The momentum equation for the above case can be expressed as
F x 0
 p1 A  p2 A   0 DL  0
D 2
0 
 p1  p2 A   p1  p2  4 
 p1  p2 D
DL DL 4L

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