Fluid Mechanics MCQs

Shear stress in a fluid flowing in a round pipe

Select the wrong statement pertaining to flow of an incompressible fluid through a venturimeter.

Two fluids are flowing through two similar pipes of the same diameter. The Reynold's number is same. For the same flow rate if the viscosity of a fluid is reduced to half the value of the first fluid, the pressure drop will

A bed of spherical particles (specific gravity 2.5) of uniform size 1500 μm is 0.5 m in diameter and 0.5 m high. In packed bed state, the porosity may be taken as 0.4. Ergun's equation for the above fluid-particle system (in SI units) is given below : Δ P/L = 375 x 103 VOM + 10.94 x 106 V2OM (SI units) If water is to be used as the fluidising medium, the minimum fluidisation velocity, VOM is

A venturimeter can not be used for the direct measurement of

Which of the following produces maximum pressure difference for transportation of gases?

A centrifugal pump is used to pump water through a horizontal distance of 150 m, and then raised to an overhead tank 10 m above. The pipe is smooth with an I.D. of 50 mm. What head (m of water) must the pump generate at its exit (E) to deliver water at a flow rate of 0.001 m3/s? The Fanning friction factor, f is 0.0062.

The nominal size of a hose pipe is specified by its

Rise of liquid in a capillary tube is due to