velocity profile
GATE Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics - Viscous Flow · 1987-2025
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All concepts →For a fully-developed pipe flow, which of the following options is/are correct?
Two immiscible, incompressible, viscous fluids having same densities but different viscosities are contained between two infinite horizontal parallel plates, 2 m apart as shown bel...
For steady flow of a viscous incompressible fluid through a circular pipe of constant diameter, the average velocity in the fully developed region is constant. Which one of the fol...
The velocity profile inside the boundary layer for flow over a flat plate is given as $${u \over {{U_\infty }}} = \sin \left( {{\pi \over 2}\,{y \over \delta }} \right),$$ where $$...
Consider a fully developed steady laminar flow of an incompressible fluid with viscosity $$\mu $$ through a circular pipe of radius $$R.$$ Given that the velocity at a radial locat...
For a fully developed laminar flow of water (dynamic viscosity $$0.001$$ $$Pa$$-s) through a pipe of radius $$5$$ $$cm,$$ the axial pressure gradient is $$-10$$ $$Pa/m$$. The magni...
The velocity profile in fully developed laminar flow in a pipe of diameter $$D$$ is given by $$u = {u_0}\left( {1 - 4{r^2}/{D^2}} \right),$$ where $$r$$ is the radial distance from...
For air flow over a flat plate, velocity $$(U)$$ and boundary layer thickness $$\left( \delta \right)$$ can be expressed respectively, as $$${U \over {{U_\infty }}} = {3 \over 2}{y...
For a fully developed laminar flow through a pipe, the ratio of the maximum velocity to the average velocity is ___________ (fill in the blank)
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...