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GATE Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics - Pipe Flow · 1988-2025

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2025 Q44

For a fully-developed pipe flow, which of the following options is/are correct?

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2022 PYQ

A solid spherical bead of lead (uniform density = 11000 kg/m 3 ) of diameter d = 0.1 mm sinks with a constant velocity V in a large stagnant pool of a liquid (dynamic viscosity = 1...

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2021 Q10

In forced convective heat transfer, Stanton number (St), Nusselt number (Nu), Reynolds number (Re) and Prandtl number (Pr) are related as

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2019 Q23

Water enters a circular pipe of length L = 5.0 m and diameter D = 0.20 m with Reynolds number ReD = 500. The velocity profile at the inlet of the pipe is uniform while it is parabo...

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2014 PYQ

Water flows through a pipe having an inner radius of $$10$$ $$mm$$ at the rate of $$36$$ $$kg/hr$$ at $${25^ \circ }C$$. The viscosity of water at $${25^ \circ }C$$ is $$0.001$$ $$...

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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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2014 PYQ

For laminar forced convection over a flat plate, if the free stream velocity increases by a factor of $$2,$$ the average heat transfer coefficient

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2014 PYQ

For a fully developed flow of water in a pipe having diameter $$10$$ $$cm,$$ velocity $$0.1$$ $$m/s$$ and kinematic viscosity $${10^{ - 5}}\,\,{m^2}/s,$$ the value of Darcy frictio...

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2014 PYQ

Consider the turbulent flow of a fluid through a circular pipe of diameter, $$D.$$ Identify the correct pair of statements. $${\rm I}.$$ The fluid is well-mixed $${\rm II}.$$ The f...

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2012 PYQ

An incompressible fluid flows over a flat plate with zero pressure gradient. The boundary layer thickness is $$1mm$$ at a location where the Reynolds number is $$1000$$. If the vel...

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2007 PYQ

Consider steady laminar incompressible axi-symmetric fully developed viscous flow through a straight circular pipe of constant cross - sectional area at a Reynolds number of $$5.$$...

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2005 PYQ

An un-insulated air conditioning duct of rectangular cross section $$1\,\,m \times 0.5\,m,$$ carrying air at $${20^ \circ }C$$ with a velocity of $$10 m/s,$$ is exposed to an ambie...

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1994 PYQ

When the fluid velocity is doubled the thermal time constant of a thermometer used for measuring the fluid temperature reduces by a factor of $$2$$

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1994 PYQ

Fluid is flowing with an average velocity of $$V$$ through a pipe of diameter $$d.$$ over a length of $$L,$$ the “head” loss is given by $${{fL{V^2}} \over {2gD}}.$$ The friction f...

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1988 PYQ

The parameters which determines the friction factor for turbulent flow in a rough pipe are:

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