Wednesday, December 16, 2020

GATE Chemical Engineering Questions and Answers-Fluid Mechanics


Velocity profile for a Bingham plastic fluid flowing (under laminar conditions) in a pipe is

(A)             Parabolic

(B)              Flat

(C)              Flat near the wall and parabolic in the middle

(D)             Parabolic near the wall and flat in the middle

                                                                                                      (GATE 2002)

Answer:    (D)

 

A lubricant 100 times more viscous than water would have a viscosity (in Pa.S)

(A)             0.01

(B)              0.1

(C)              1

(D)             10

                                                                                                            (GATE 2002)

Answer:    (B)

 

The inlet velocity of water (ρ = 1000 kg/m3) in a right angled bed reducer is V1=1 m/s, as shown below. The inlet diameter is D1 = 0.8 m and outlet diameter D2 = 0.4 m. The flow is turbulent and the velocity profiles at the inlet and outlet are flat (plug flow). Gravitational forces are negligible.

GATE 2001


(A)             7500 N/m2

(B)              8000 N/m2

(C)              8500 N/m2

(D)             9000 N/m2

                                                                                                      (GATE 2001)

Answer:    (A)

 

The operation of a rotameter is based on

(A)             Variable flow area

(B)              Rotation of a turbine

(C)              Pressure drop across a nozzle

(D)             Pressure at a stagnation point

                                                                                                      (GATE 2001)

Answer:    (A)

 

A Bingham fluid of viscosity µ = 10 Pa.s and a yield stress τ0 = 10 Kpa, is sheared between flat parallel plates separated by a distance 10-3 m. The top plate is moving with a velocity of 1 m/s. The shear stress on the plate is

(A)             10 Kpa

(B)              20 kpa

(C)              30 Kpa

(D)             40Kpa

                                                                                                      (GATE 2001)

Answer:    (B)

 

For laminar flow of shear thinning liquid in a pipe, if the volumetric flow rate is doubled, the pressure gradient will increase by a factor of

(A)             2

(B)              <2

(C)              >2

(D)             ½

                                                                                                      (GATE 2000)

Answer:    (B)

 

A pipe of ID 4 m is bifurcated into two pipes of ID 2 m each. If the average velocity of water flowing through the main pipe is 5 m/s, the average velocity through the bifurcated pipes is

(A)             20 m/s

(B)              10 m/s

(C)              7.07 m/s

(D)             5 m/s

                                                                                                      (GATE 1999)

Answer:    (B)

 

In centrifugal pumps, cavitation occurs when pressure of the impeller eye or vane becomes

(A)             Less than atmospheric pressure

(B)              More than liquid vapour pressure

(C)              Less than liquid vapour pressure

(D)             More than atmospheric pressure

                                                                                                      (GATE 1999)

Answer:    (C)

 

For a laminar flow through a packed bed the pressure drop is proportional to (Vs is superficial liquid and Dp is the particle diameter).

GATE 1999


                                                                                                      (GATE 1999)

Answer:    (A)

 

For flow through a horizontal system, the ratio of exit pressure to inlet pressure is found to be greater than one.

(A)             The system is converging pipe line

(B)              The system is a diverging pipeline

(C)              The system is a pipeline of uniform diameter

(D)             The observation is not possible

                                                                                                      (GATE 1998)

Answer:    (B)

 

Boundary layer separation is characterized by one of the following conditions given below, where Re is the Reynolds number for flow. Select the appropriate conditions.

(A)             Re << 1, accelerating flow

(B)              Re >> 1, accelerating flow

(C)              Re << 1, decelerating flow

(D)             Re >> 1, decelerating flow

                                                                                                      (GATE 1998)

Answer:    (D)

 

A globe valve is most suitable for application in which

(A)             The valve is required to be either fully open or fully closed

(B)              Flow control is required

(C)              The fluid contains dispersed particles

(D)             One-way flow is required

                                                                                                      (GATE 1998)

Answer:    (B)

 

For a laminar flow of a fluid through a packed bed of spheres of diameter ‘d’, the pressure drop per unit length of bed depends upon the sphere diameter as

(A)             D

(B)              D2

(C)              D4

(D)             1/D2

                                                                                                      (GATE 1997)

Answer:    (D)

 

A 0.5 m high bed made up of a 1 mm diameter glass spheres (density 2500 kg/m3) is to be fluidized by water (density 2500 kg/m3). If at the point of incipient fluidization, the bed voidage is 40%, the pressure drop across the bed is

(A)             4.4 Kpa

(B)              2.94 Kpa

(C)              3.7 Kpa

(D)             1.5 Kpa

                                                                                                      (GATE 1997)

Answer:    (A)

 

Two iron pipes of the same nominal diameter but different schedule numbers will have

(A)             The same inside diameter

(B)              The same outside diameter

(C)              The same wall thickness

(D)             None of the above

                                                                                                      (GATE 1997)

Answer:    (B)

 

The hydraulic radius for flow in a rectangular duct of cross-sectional dimensions H, W is

GATE 1998


                                                                                                      (GATE 1998)

Answer:    (B)

 

The hydraulic diameter of an annulus of inner and outer radii Ri and Ro respectively is

GATE 1997


                                                                                                      (GATE 1997)

Answer:    (C)

 

For the laminar flow of a fluid in a circular pipe of radius R, the Hagen-Poiseulle equation predicts that volumetric flow rate to be proportional to

(A)             R

(B)              R2

(C)              R4

(D)             R0.5

                                                                                                      (GATE 1997)

Answer:    (C)

 

A rotameter through which air at room temperature and atmospheric pressure is flowing, gives a certain reading for a flow rate of 100 cc/s. If helium (molecular weight is 4) is used and the rotameter shows the same reading the flow rate is

(A)             26 cc/s

(B)              42 cc/s

(C)              269 cc/s

(D)             325 cc/s

                                                                                                      (GATE 1996)

Answer:    (C)

 

Tooth paste is

(A)             Bingham plastic

(B)              Pseudoplastic

(C)              Newtonian fluid

(D)             Dilatant fluid

                                                                                                      (GATE 1996)

Answer:    (A)

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