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Fluid Mechanics Concepts and Questions

The document discusses various concepts related to fluid mechanics, including metacentric height, surface tension, viscosity, and non-Newtonian flow behavior. It poses multiple-choice questions regarding the properties of fluids, such as the effects of temperature on viscosity and the height of water in a barometer. Additionally, it includes calculations related to work done on water droplets and the speed of water from a fountain.

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Fluid Mechanics Concepts and Questions

The document discusses various concepts related to fluid mechanics, including metacentric height, surface tension, viscosity, and non-Newtonian flow behavior. It poses multiple-choice questions regarding the properties of fluids, such as the effects of temperature on viscosity and the height of water in a barometer. Additionally, it includes calculations related to work done on water droplets and the speed of water from a fountain.

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FLUIDS b. 8.

42 m/s

VSSC c. 2.50 m/s

Meta-centric height is given as the distance between d. 0.5 m/s

[Link] center of gravity of the body and the metacenter A liquid surface behaves like a stretched membrane and
tends to contract to the smallest possible area. This
b. The center of gravity of the body and the center of property is known as
buoyancy
a. Viscosity
c. The center of pressure of the body and the metacenter
b. Surface tension
d. Center of buoyancy and metacenter
c. Buoyancy
Which of the following exhibits non-Newtonian flow
behavior? d. Hydrostatic equilibrium

a. Air The continuum assumption of fluid mechanics no


longer holds when the
b. Water
a. Knudsen number is large
c. Gasoline
b. Prandtl number is large
d. Blood
c. Prandtl number is small
Which of the following is TRUE regarding fluid
viscosity? d. Reynold՚s number is unity

a. It increases with temperature for liquids The transition from streamline to turbulent motion of a
fluid is described by the
b. It increases with temperature for gases
a. Prandtl number
c. It decreases with temperature for liquids
b. Reynolds number
d. None of the above
c. Knudsen number
What is the dimensional formula for surface tension?
d. Grashof number
a. MT-2
In case of a non-Newtonian fluid
b. MLT-2
a. The viscosity is well defined and does not vary with
c. ML-1T-2 time
d. None of the above b. Newton՚s law of viscosity is obeyed
If water is used instead of mercury in a barometer, the c. Viscosity depends on the shear rate and shear rate
approximate height of water column under standard history
atmospheric conditions will be:
d. Viscosity never depends on sheer rate history but
a. 76 cm depends on sheer rate
b. 7.6 cm How much work is done to break up a drop of water of
radius 1 mm, into 10 numbers of droplets of idential
c. 1000 cm
size? (Surface tension of water is 74 dyne/cm)
d. 10,000 cm
a. 920 ergs
Water leaps vertically upwards to a height of 8 m from
b. 950 ergs
a fountain of 5 mm orifice. Speed of water at the orifice
end is: c. 200 ergs
a. 12.52 m/s d. 230 erg
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