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For Laminar flow through a packed bed, the pressure drop is proportional to (
V
s
is the superficial liquid velocity and
D
p
is the particle diameter)
Options
A.
V
s
/
D
p
2
B.
V
s
2
/
D
p
2
C.
V
s
2
/
Dp
3
D.
V
s
/
D
p
3
Correct Answer
V
s
/
D
p
2
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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
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Correct Answer: Weber number
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.
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Correct Answer: inverse of the fluid viscosity.
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
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Correct Answer: more than
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
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Correct Answer: as (velocity)
2
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
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Correct Answer: Weight = buoyancy + drag
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.
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Correct Answer: is zero at the centre and varies linearly with the radius.
7. Laminar flow of a Newtonion fluid ceases to exist, when the Reynolds number exceeds
Options
A. 4000
B. 2100
C. 1500
D. 3000
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Correct Answer: 2100
8. The terminal velocity of a particle moving through a fluid varies as d
p
n
. What is the value of n' for Newton's law regime?
Options
A. 0.5
B. 1
C. 1.5
D. 3
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Correct Answer: 0.5
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
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Correct Answer: Newtonion
10. Dimension of absolute viscosity is
Options
A. ML
-1
T
-1
B. MLT
-1
C. ML
-1
T
D. MLT
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Correct Answer: ML
-1
T
-1
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