Program : M.A./M.Sc.

(Mathematics)
M.A./M.Sc. (Final) Question Bank-2015
Paper Code:MT-07
Section – A
1. Name the types of forces under which the fluid tetrahedron will be in equilibrium?
[Pg N. 452, Art 9.1(Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
2. Give the eq. of continuity in vector form.
[Pg no. 21 art 23.2 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
3. Name four fundamental units in fluid dynamics in which the dimensions of all the
physical quantities can be expressed?
[Pg no. 35 art 3.4 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
4. What do you mean by incompressible fluid motion?
[Pg no. 43 art 4.2 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
5. Define Himenz Flow.
[Pg no. 64 art 5.3 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
6. Define unsteady motion?
[Pg no. 71 art 6.2 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
7. Give the expression for the Velowty distribution for the flow in plane coquette flow
with porous boundaries?
[Pg no. 79 art 7.42 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
8. What do you mean by adiabatic exponent of gases?
(Ref: Page 14, Art 1.17, MA/M.Sc. MT-07)
9. Define density with respect to fluid dynamics.
[Pg no. 2 art 1.3 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
10. Define circulation with respect to fluid dynamics.
[Pg no. 27 art 2.8 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
11. State the Reynold’s law?
[Pg no. 34 art 3.2 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
12. What do you mean by Startup flow?
[Pg no. 71 art 6.2 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
13. What do you mean by ‘Suction’?
[Pg no. 76 Art 7.21 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
14. Write the stoke’s eq. for slow motion?
[Pg no. 96 Art 9.2 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
15. Define the momentum thickness?
[Pg no. 109 Art 10.4 (iii) (MA/MSc. MT-07)
16. Give the equation from which we can calculate the temperature distribution for
different situations between parallel plates.
(Ref: Page 81, Art 8.2, MA/M.Sc. MT-07)

Section – B
1. Prove that the two principal directions corresponding to any 2 distinct principal
stresses are orthogonal?
[Pg no. 462 art 9.7 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
2. Prove that the vector  of an incompressible viscous fluid moving under no
external fore satisfies the differential eq.

d     
   .  q   2 
dt  
Where  is the coefficient of viscosity?
[Pg no. 503 Ex. 18 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
3. The loss of pressure  for laminar flow in a pipe is a funetion of pipe length l, its
diameter D, mean velocity, U and the dynamic viscosity  . Determine an
expression for the pressure lost?
[Pg no. 517 Ex. 14 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
4. Prove that in slow steady motion of a viscous liquid in two dimensions.
x y
 2  
x y
Where (X,Y) is the impressed force per unit area.
(Pg no. 579 Ex. 11 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
5. A viscous liquid flows steadily parallel to the axis in the annular space between 2
co-axial cylinder of radii a na (n>1). Determine the rate of discharge?
[Pg no. 579 Ex. 19 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
6. Air flow over a Hati plat 60 cm long and 1 m. wide at wide at a velocity 8 m/s.
Find the boundary layer thickness at the end of plate, share stress at 30 m from the
leading edge and the total drag force on both sides of plates. Assuming p = 1.20
kg/m3 and V = 1.44X10-1 stokes.
[Pg no. 646 Ex. 4 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
7. Explain –
(i) Boundary layer Thickness (ii) Displacement Thickness
[Pg no. 108 art 10.4 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
8. Discuss the thermal boundary layer simple solution for Pr = 1?
[Pg no. 119 art 12.3 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
9. What is vorticity. Prove that vorticity diffuses through a liquid in almost the same
way as heat dais.
[Pg no. 26 Art 2.7 (MA/MSc. MT-07)
10. Explain – (i) Mach number, (ii) Brinkman Number
[Pg no. 38 Art 3.8.3, Pg. N. 39 (Art 3.8.3) (MA/MSc. MT-07)
11. The velocity components are given by
U h 2  dp  y  y 
 ( y)  y     1  ,  0  
h 2   dx  h  h 
Prove that the velocity components satisfy the eq. if motion. The body force s
neglected, h, U, dp/dx are constants, and p = p (  )?
[Pg no. 500 Ex. 15 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
12. The losser h / l per unit length of pipe in a fluid flo through a smooth pipe depend
upon velocity V, diameter D, gravity g, dynamic viscosity  , and density P. with
dimensional analysis determine the general form of eq.?
[Pg no. 522 Ex. 5 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
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13. Oil is filled between 2 concentric rotating cylinders with radii 5 in and 5 in.
2
Assuming  = 0.005 lbf – sef/ft3 . The inner cylinder rotates at a speed of 5 rpm,
while the outer cylinder is at rest. Calculate the stress at the wall of the inner
cylinder?
[Pg no. 566 Ex. 9 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
14. Viscous in compressible fluid is in steady two dimensional radial motion-between
2 non-parallel plane walls, r and Q are polar coordinates. R being the distance from
the line of intersection of the planes of the walls, which are     , prove that the
velocity is given by   f (0) / r , where
(df / d ) 2  (2 / 3 ) ( h  3kf  6vf 2  j 3 )
h & k. being constants.
[Pg no. 589 Ex. 20 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
15. Determine the displacement thickness arid momentum thickness for the laminar
boundary on a flat plate for which the velocity distribution is given by the
relation?
 / U  2( y /  )  2( y /  ) 3  ( y /  ) 4

[Pg no. 645 Ex. 3 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)

16. A liquid occupying the space between two co-axial circular cylinders is acted upon
by a force e/r per unit moss, where r is the distance from the axis, the lines of force
being airless sound the axis. Prove that in the steady mention the velocity at any
c b2 r 2  a 2  r 
point is given by  2 2
log   , where v is the coefficient of kinematic
2v  r b  a  a 
viscosity.
[Pg no. 580 Ex. 13 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)

Section – C
1. A fluid flow situation depends upon the velocity V. the density p, several linear
dimensions l; l1; l2 ;d, pressure drop p , gravity g, viscosity  , surface tension  , and
 bulk modules of elasticity k. Apply dimensional analysis to these variables to find a set
of  parameters.
[Pg no. 524 Ex. 8 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)

2. Discuss the unsteady motion of a flate plate?

[Pg no. 570 Ans. 11.7 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)

3. Discuss the flow due to an oscillating flat plate?

[Pg no. 572 Ans. 11.8 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)

4. Two-dimensional potential flow of an in viscid and incompressible fluid near the

stagnation point at the origin at a fixed point taken as y=0 is given by u-bx. Show that
the corresponding problem for a viscous liquid has a solution.

  bx , v  bv (n ), n  y bv ,
n
Where d 3 / dn3  d 2 / dn2  (d / dn) 2  1 0 with bounding conditions.
Whee n = 0,   0 and n   , d / dn  1
[Pg no. 590 Ans. 11.7 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
5. Prove that there are only 5 independent dimension less groups in the viscous
compressible fluid motion?
[Pg no. 518 Ex. 1 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
6. Discuss the steady motion of a viscous fluid due to a slowly rotating sphere?
[Pg no. 56 Art. 11.5 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
7. Discuss the unsteady flow of viscous in compressible between 2 parallel plate?
[Pg no. 575 Art 11.10 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)
8. Obtain the solution of the Navies Stokes eq. at low. Reynolds no.?
[Pg no. 594 Art 11.13 (Fluid dynamics, Shanti swarup)