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pressure drop

GATE Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics - Pumping Power · 1987-2018

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2018 Q8

Water (density = 1000 kg/m³) at ambient temperature flows through a horizontal pipe of uniform cross section at the rate of 1 kg/s. If the pressure drop across the pipe is 100 kPa,...

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2018 Q31

Consider steady flow of an incompressible fluid through two long and straight pipes of diameters $d_1$ and $d_2$ arranged in series. Both pipes are of equal length and the flow is...

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2017 PYQ

Consider steady flow of an incompressible fluid through two long and straight pipes of diameters $${d_1}$$ and $${d_2}$$ arranged in series. Both pipes are of equal length and the...

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2014 PYQ

A fluid of dynamic viscosity $$2 \times {10^{ - 5}}\,\,kg/m.s$$ and density $$1kg/{m^3}$$ flows with an average velocity of $$1$$ $$m/s$$ through a long duct of rectangular $$\left...

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2014 PYQ

Water flows through a $$10$$ $$mm$$ diameter and $$250$$ $$m$$ long smooth pipe at an average velocity of $$0.1$$ $$m/s.$$ The density and the viscosity of water are $$997kg/{m^3}$...

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2013 PYQ

For steady, fully developed flow inside a straight pipe of diameter $$D,$$ neglecting gravity effects, the pressure drop $$\Delta p$$ over a length $$L$$ and the wall shear stress...

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2006 PYQ

The velocity profile in fully developed laminar flow in a pipe of diameter $$D$$ is given by $$u = {u_0}\left( {1 - 4{r^2}/{D^2}} \right),$$ where $$r$$ is the radial distance from...

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1996 PYQ

For laminar flow through a long pipe, the pressure drop per unit length increases.

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1987 PYQ

In the case of turbulent flow of a fluid through a circular tube (as compared to the case of laminar flow at the same flow rate) the maximum velocity is ...................., shear...

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