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Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics problems


  • 1. In a lockgate, the reaction between two gates is (where P = Resultant pressure on the lock gate, and ? = Inclination of the gate with the normal to the side of the lock)

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C. P / 2sin?
  • D.
  • Discuss
  • 2. Newton's law of viscosity is a relationship between

  • Options
  • A. pressure, velocity and temperature
  • B. shear stress and rate of shear strain
  • C. shear stress and velocity
  • D. rate of shear strain and temperature
  • Discuss
  • 3. The property of a liquid which offers resistance to the movement of one layer of liquid over another adjacent layer of liquid, is called

  • Options
  • A. surface tension
  • B. compressibility
  • C. capillarity
  • D. viscosity
  • Discuss
  • 4. In a sharp-crested weir, the thickness of the weir is kept less than half of the height of water above the crest of the weir.

  • Options
  • A. True
  • B. False
  • Discuss
  • 5. A flow is called super-sonic if the

  • Options
  • A. velocity of flow is very high
  • B. discharge is difficult to measure
  • C. Mach number is between 1and 6
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 6. When the venturimeter is inclined, then for a given flow it will show __________ reading.

  • Options
  • A. same
  • B. more
  • C. less
  • Discuss
  • 7. The specific weight is also known as weight density.

  • Options
  • A. Correct
  • B. Incorrect
  • Discuss
  • 8. The specific weight of compressible fluids does not remain constant.

  • Options
  • A. True
  • B. False
  • Discuss
  • 9. The discharge over the trapezoidal notch is equal to the discharge over the rectangular notch __________ the discharge over the triangular notch.

  • Options
  • A. plus
  • B. minus
  • Discuss
  • 10. A flow in which the quantity of liquid flowing per second is constant, is called __________ flow.

  • Options
  • A. steady
  • B. streamline
  • C. turbulent
  • D. unsteady
  • Discuss

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