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GATE Mechanical Engineering · Thermodynamics - Nozzle Flow · 1994-2026

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2026 Q50

A rigid slender bar, AB, is sliding against two mutually perpendicular frictionless walls, as shown in the figure below. The velocity of A in the downward direction at a given inst...

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2025 Q16

Consider two identical tanks with a bottom hole of diameter d. One tank is filled with water and the other tank is filled with engine oil. The height of the fluid column h is same...

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2021 Q47

A cylindrical jet of water (density = 1000 kg/m³) impinges at the center of a flat, circular plate and spreads radially outwards, as shown in the figure. The plate is resting on a...

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2018 Q28

A point mass is shot vertically up from ground level with a velocity of 4 m/s at time, t = 0. It loses 20% of its impact velocity after each collision with the ground. Assuming tha...

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2018 Q30

A rigid rod of length 1 m is resting at an angle $\theta = 45^\circ$ as shown in the figure. The end P is dragged with a velocity of $U = 5$ m/s to the right. At the instant shown,...

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2018 Q32

In a cam-follower, the follower rises by h as the cam rotates by δ (radians) at constant angular velocity ω (radians/s). The follower is uniformly accelerating during the first hal...

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2018 Q39

The arrangement shown in the figure measures the velocity V of a gas of density 1 kg/m³ flowing through a pipe. The acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s². If the manometric flui...

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2018 Q40

A frictionless circular piston of area 10⁻² m² and mass 100 kg sinks into a cylindrical container of the same area filled with water of density 1000 kg/m³ as shown in the figure. T...

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2018 Q45

Steam flows through a nozzle at a mass flow rate of m = 0.1kg/s with a heat loss of 5 kW. The enthalpies at inlet and exit are 2500kJ/kg and 2350 kJ/kg, respectively. Assuming negl...

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2017 PYQ

A Particle of unit mass is moving on a plane. Its trajectory, in polar coordinates, is given by $$r\left( t \right) = {t^2},\theta \left( t \right) = t,$$ where $$t$$ is time. The...

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2017 PYQ

A sprue in a sand mould has a top diameter of $$20mm$$ and height of $$200mm.$$ The velocity of the molten metal at the entry of the sprue is $$0.5m/s.$$ Assume acceleration due to...

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2015 PYQ

The initial velocity of an object is $$40$$ $$m/s.$$ The acceleration a of the object is given by the following expression: a$$=-0.1v$$ Where v is the instantaneous velocity of the...

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2008 PYQ

A straight rod length $$L(t),$$ hinged at one end freely extensible at the other end, roates through an angle $$\theta \left( t \right)$$ about the hinge. At time $$t,$$ $$L(t)=1m,...

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2005 PYQ

The time variation of the position of a particle in rectilinear motion is given by $$x = 2{t^3} + {t^2} + 2t$$. If 'V' is the velocity and 'a' acceleration of the particle in consi...

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1994 PYQ

Circulation is defined as line integral of tangential component of velocity about a _________ (fill in the blank)

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