M OTIO N PARAM ETE RS

Velocity field:

GATE-1995/Two Marks

1. A leaf is caught in a whirlpool. At a given instant, the leaf is at a distance of 120 𝑚 from the centre

of the whirlpool. The whirlpool can be described by the following velocity distribution: 𝑉𝑟 = −
60000
𝑚/𝑠, 𝑉𝜃 =
2𝜋𝑟

𝑚/𝑠 where 𝑟 (𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠) is the distance from the centre of the whirlpool. What will be the distance
300000
2𝜋𝑟

of the leaf from the centre when it has moved through half a revolution?

a. 48 𝑚 b. 64 𝑚

c. 120 𝑚 d. 142 𝑚

GATE-2007/One Mark

2. In a steady flow through a nozzle, the flow velocity on the nozzle axis is given by 𝑢 = 𝑢𝑜 (1 + ) 𝑖̂,
3𝑥
𝐿

where 𝑥 is the distance along the axis of the nozzle from its inlet plane and 𝐿 is the length of the nozzle.

The time required for a fluid particle on the axis to travel from the inlet to the exit plane of the nozzle

is

a. b.
𝐿 𝐿
ln 4
𝑢𝑜 3𝑢𝑜

c. d.
𝐿 𝐿
4𝑢𝑜 2.5𝑢𝑜

GATE-2018/Two Marks

3. In a Lagrangian system, the position of a fluid particle in a flow is described as x = x 0e–kt and y =

y0ekt where 𝑡 is the time while x0, y0, and k are constants. The flow is

a. Unsteady and one-dimensional b. steady and two-dimensional

c. steady and one-dimensional d. unsteady and two-dimensional

Acceleration field:

GATE-1999/Two Marks

4. In a flow field in 𝑥𝑦 plane, the variation of velocity with time 𝑡 is given by 𝑢 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑡 and 𝑣 = 𝑥 2 +

𝑦 2 . The acceleration of the particle in this field, occupying point (1,1) at time 𝑡 = 1 will be

a. 𝑖̂ b. 2𝑖̂

c. 3𝑖̂ d. 5𝑖̂
 GATE-2004/Two Marks

5. For a fluid flow through a divergent pipe of length 𝐿 having inlet and outlet radii of 𝑅1 , and

𝑅2 respectively and a constant flow rate of 𝑄, assuming the velocity to be axial and uniform at any

cross-section, the acceleration at the exit is

2𝑄2 (𝑅1 −𝑅2 )

a. b.
2𝑄(𝑅1 −𝑅2 )
𝜋𝐿𝑅23 𝜋𝐿𝑅23

2𝑄2 (𝑅1 −𝑅2 ) 2𝑄2 (𝑅2 −𝑅1 )

c. d.
𝜋2 𝐿𝑅25 𝜋2 𝐿𝑅25

GATE-2006/One Mark

6. In a two-dimensional velocity field with velocities 𝑢 and 𝑣 along the 𝑥 and 𝑦 directions respectively,

the convective acceleration along the 𝑥 −direction is given by

a. 𝑢 b. 𝑢
𝜕𝑣 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑣
+𝑣 +𝑣
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦

c. 𝑢 d. 𝑣
𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
+𝑣 +𝑢
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦
GATE-2014/One Mark

7. A flow field which has only convective acceleration is

a. A steady uniform flow b. an unsteady uniform flow

c. a steady non-uniform flow d. an unsteady non-uniform flow

GATE-2017/Two Marks

8. For a steady flow, the velocity field is 𝑉

⃗ = (−𝑥 2 + 3𝑦)𝑖̂ + 2𝑥𝑦𝑗̂. The magnitude of the acceleration of a

particle at (1, −1) is

a. 2 b. 1

c. 2√5 d. 0

GATE-2019/One Mark

9. Water flows through a pipe with a velocity given by 𝑉

⃗ = (4 + 𝑥 + 𝑦) 𝑗̂ 𝑚/𝑠, where 𝑗̂̂ is the unit vector
𝑡

in the y direction, 𝑡(> 0) is in seconds, and 𝑥 and 𝑦 are in meters. The magnitude of total acceleration

at the point (𝑥, 𝑦) = (1, 1) at 𝑡 = 2 𝑠 is _____ m/s².

 A N S W E R S
1. (𝑏) 6. (𝑎)

2. (𝑏) 7. (𝑐)

3. (𝑏) 8. (𝑐)

4. (𝑑) 9. 3

5. (𝑐)