Week 1 Assignment 1

Solutions
1. Stream lines can be visualized in an experiment where the flow is unsteady
a) Yes
b) No
c) Yes, provided there is a High-speed camera
d) Can be visualized with a Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) set-up

Ans. (b) No

2. If the flow is incompressible, ______________ of velocity is zero

a) Curl
b) Divergence
c) Gradient
d) Cross product
Ans. (b) Divergence
3. Euler equations can be obtained from the Navier-Stokes equation by neglecting _________ term
a) Advection term
b) Diffusion term
c) Pressure term
d) Both a and b
Ans. (b) Diffusion term
4. Major difficulty in solving the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation is due to the presence of
___________________
a) Non-linearity
b) Absence of an explicit equation for Pressure
c) Equations are elliptic
d) All of the above
Ans. (d) All of the above
5. The Reynolds transport theorem links ________________
a) System approach to CV approach
b) CV approach to system approach
c) Has nothing to do with any of the approaches
d) Both a and b
Ans. (a) System approach to CV approach
6. Timelines and Pathlines correspond to ______________ and ______________ formulations
a) Eulerian, Lagrangian
b) Lagrangian, Eulerian
c) None of the above
d) Control volume, system
Ans. (a) Eulerian, Lagrangian

7. The curves represent which type of fluids?

a)
b)
c)
d)

a Dilatant, b Newtonian, c Bingham

a Newtonian , b Pseudo-plastic, c Bingham
a Bingham, b Dilatant, c Pseudo-plastic
None of the above
Ans. (c) a Bingham, b Dilatant, c Pseudo-plastic

8. If the flow is irrotational, then _______________

a)
b)
c)
d)
Ans. (b)
9. Match the following
a. Dirichlet BC

1.

b. Robin BC

2.

c. Neumann BC
d. Cauchy BC

3.
4.

a)
b)
c)
d)

a 1, b 2, c 3, d 4
a 2, b 3, c 4, d 1
a 3, b 2, c -1, d 4
a 3, b 4, c 2, d 1

Ans. (c) a 3, b 2, c -1, d 4

10. Match the following,

a. Reynolds number
b. Nusselt number
c. Prandtl number
d. Froude number

1. Momentum diffusivity/Thermal
diffusivity
2. Inertia force/Gravity force
3. Inertia force/Viscous force
4. Convective heat transfer/Conductive
heat transfer

a)
b)
c)
d)

a 1, b 2, c 3, d 4
a 2, b 3, c 4, d 1
a 3, b 4, c -1, d 2
a 3, b 4, c 2, d 1

11.

Ans. (c) a 3, b 4, c -1, d 2

is ____________ in nature
a)
b)
c)
d)

Elliptic
Parabolic
Hyperbolic
Mixed

Ans. (c) Hyperbolic