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    MFHM

    Code No: 07A3EC02

    Set No. 1
    II B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2008
    FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULIC MACHINERY
    ( Common to Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Production
    Engineering)
    Time: 3 hours
    Max Marks: 80
    Answer any FIVE Questions
    All Questions carry equal marks
    ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ ⋆
    1. (a) Discuss the influence of the following fluid properties on fluid motion
    i. Viscosity

    ii. Specific gravity iii. Surface tension iv. Bulk modulus

    (b) If the surface tension at air water interface is 0.073N/m, What is the pressure
    difference between inside and outside of an air bubble of diameter 0.01mm?
    [10+6]
    2. (a) Describe stream line and stream tube with the help of neat sketches.
    (b) For steady incompressible flow verify whether the following values of u and v
    are possible:
    i.u = 4xy +y 2 , v = 6xy + 3x
    ii.u = 2x2 +y 2 , v =−4xy
    iii.u =−x/(x2 +y2), v =−y/ (x2 +y2).
    [6+10]
    3. (a) What are the construction details of a pitot tube and explain how it works?

    (b) An oil of relative density 0.90 flows through a vertical pipe of diameter 20cm. The flow is measured
    by a 20cm× 10cm venturimeter. The throat is 30cm above the inlet section. A differential U tube
    manometer containing mercury is connected to the throat and the inlet. If coefficient of discharge is
    0.99 what is the manometer reading for a flow of 50 lit/sec.

    [6+10]

    4. (a) A nozzle of 56 mm diameter delivers a stream of water at 30 m/sec perpen- dicular to a plate that moves
    away from the jet at 8 m/sec. Find the work done and efficiency of the jet.

    (b) Prove that the force exerted by a jet of water on a fixed curved vane when the
    jet strikes at the centre is F =ρav2 (1+cosθ) where
    ρ = Mass density of water
    a = Area of cross section of the jet
    v = Velocity of the jet
    θ = Angle of the curved plate at the out let.
    MFHM
    [8+8]
    5. (a) Explain the inherent advantages, which make Hydropower more attractive

    (b) A runoff stream with an installed capacity of 12000KW operates at 15% load factor when it
    serves as a peak load station. What should be the lowest discharge in the stream so that the station
    may serve as the base load station. It is given that plant efficiency is 70% when working under a head
    of 18m. Also calculate maximum load factor of the plant when the discharge in the stream rises to 18
    cumecs

    [8+8]
    6. (a) Define the terms: speed ratio, flow ratio and jet ratio

    (b) An inward flow reaction turbine has external and internal diameters as 1.2 m and 0.6 m respectively.
    The velocity of flow through the runner is constant and is equal to 1.8 m/s. Determine:

    i. Discharge through the runner, and


    ii. Width at outlet if the width at inlet = 20 cm
    [16]

    7. (a) Give the range of specific speed values of the Kaplan, Francis turbines and Pelton wheels. What factors
    decide whether Kaplan, Francis, or a Pelton type turbine would be used in a hydroelectric project ?

    (b) A Kaplan turbine working under a head of 25 m develops 16000 kW shaft power. The outer diameter
    of the runner is 4 m and hub diameter is 2 m. The guide blade angle is 35. The hydraulic and overall
    efficiency are 90% and 85% respectively. If the velocity of whirl is zero at outlet, determine: (i)
    runner vane angles at inlet and outlet, and speed of turbine.

    [8+8]
    8. (a) What do you understand by characteristic curves of a pump? What is the
    significance of the characteristic curves? Explain them in detail.

    (b) The diameter of a centrifugal pump, which is discharging 0.035 m 3/s of water against a total head of
    25 m is 0.05m. The pump is running at 1200 r.p.m. Find the head, discharge and ratio of powers of a
    geometrically similar pump of diameter 0.3 m when it is running at 2000 r.p.m.

    [8+8]

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