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Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics problems


  • 1. The flow in a pipe is turbulent when Reynold number is

  • Options
  • A. less than 2000
  • B. between 2000 and 2800
  • C. more than 2800
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 2. The specific weight of sea water is __________ that of pure water.

  • Options
  • A. same as
  • B. less than
  • C. more than
  • Discuss
  • 3. According to Pascal's law, the intensity of pressure at any point in a fluid at rest is the same in all directions.

  • Options
  • A. Agree
  • B. Disagree
  • Discuss
  • 4. The intensity of pressure on an immersed surface __________ with the increase in depth.

  • Options
  • A. does not change
  • B. increases
  • C. decreases
  • Discuss
  • 5. In an internal mouthpiece, the absolute pressure head at vena contracta is __________ the atmospheric pressure head by an amount equal to height of the liquid above the vena contracta.

  • Options
  • A. less than
  • B. more than
  • Discuss
  • 6. The flow in a pipe is neither laminar nor turbulent when Reynold number is

  • Options
  • A. less than 2000
  • B. between 2000 and 2800
  • C. more than 2800
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 7. With an increase in size of tube, the rise or depression of liquid in the tube due to surface tension will

  • Options
  • A. decrease
  • B. increase
  • C. remain unchanged
  • D. depend upon the characteristics of liquid
  • Discuss
  • 8. The total energy line lies over the centre line of the pipe by an amount equal to

  • Options
  • A. pressure head
  • B. velocity head
  • C. pressure head + velocity head
  • D. pressure head - velocity head
  • Discuss
  • 9. The total pressure on a horizontally immersed surface is (where w = Specific weight of the liquid, A = Area of the immersed surface, and x = Depth of the centre of gravity of the immersed surface from the liquid surface)

  • Options
  • A. w.A
  • B. wx
  • C. wAx
  • D. wA/x
  • Discuss
  • 10. The flow in a pipe is laminar, when Reynold number is less than 2000.

  • Options
  • A. True
  • B. False
  • Discuss

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