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  • For Laminar flow through a packed bed, the pressure drop is proportional to (Vs is the superficial liquid velocity and Dp is the particle diameter)


  • Options
  • A. Vs/Dp2
  • B. Vs2/Dp2
  • C. Vs2/Dp3
  • D. Vs/Dp3

  • Correct Answer
  • Vs/Dp2 


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    • 1. Which of the following is not concerned with the fluid-particle interaction?

    • Options
    • A. Drag co-efficient
    • B. Froude number
    • C. Galileo number
    • D. Weber number
    • Discuss
    • 2. The terminal velocity of a small sphere settling in a viscous fluid varies as the

    • Options
    • A. first power of its dimeter.
    • B. inverse of the fluid viscosity.
    • C. inverse square of the diameter.
    • D. square of the difference in specific weights of solid & fluid.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Power loss in an orificemeter is __________ that in a venturimeter.

    • Options
    • A. less than
    • B. same as
    • C. more than
    • D. data insufficient, cannot be predicted
    • Discuss
    • 4. The head loss in turbulent flow in a pipe varies

    • Options
    • A. as velocity
    • B. as (velocity)2
    • C. inversely as the square of diameter
    • D. inversely as the velocity
    • Discuss
    • 5. For a particle settling in water at its terminal settling velocity, which of the following is true?

    • Options
    • A. Buoyancy = weight + drag
    • B. Weight = buoyancy + drag
    • C. Drag = buoyancy + weight
    • D. Drag = weight
    • Discuss
    • 6. Shear stress in a fluid flowing in a round pipe

    • Options
    • A. varies parabolically across the cross-section.
    • B. remains constant over the cross-section.
    • C. is zero at the centre and varies linearly with the radius.
    • D. is zero at the wall and increases linearly to the centre.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Laminar flow of a Newtonion fluid ceases to exist, when the Reynolds number exceeds

    • Options
    • A. 4000
    • B. 2100
    • C. 1500
    • D. 3000
    • Discuss
    • 8. The terminal velocity of a particle moving through a fluid varies as dpn. What is the value of n' for Newton's law regime?

    • Options
    • A. 0.5
    • B. 1
    • C. 1.5
    • D. 3
    • Discuss
    • 9. The fluid in which the shearing stress within it is proportional to the velocity gradient across the sheared section, is called a __________ fluid.

    • Options
    • A. Bingham
    • B. Newtonion
    • C. perfect
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. Dimension of absolute viscosity is

    • Options
    • A. ML-1T-1
    • B. MLT-1
    • C. ML-1T
    • D. MLT
    • Discuss


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