ME230 : Fluid Mechanics and Machines Laboratory VJCET

VIVA QUESTIONS

1. Define a fluid.
2. What is the difference b/w weight density and mass density?
3. What is the difference between dynamic and kinematic viscosity?
4. Differentiate between specific weight and specific volume.
5. Define relative density.
6. Differentiate between Absolute and gauge pressures.
7. Mention different pressure measuring instruments.
8. Explain Pascal’s law.
9. Explain the hydrostatic equation of pressure.
10. What is the principle of working of a u-tube manometer?
11. What is vacuum pressure?
12. What do you mean by absolute pressure?
13. Write down the value of atmospheric pressure head in terms of water and Hg.
14. What do you mean by meta centre?
15. Explain force of buoyancy.
16. Explain the conditions of equilibrium for a floating and submerged body.
17. Explain Bernoullli’s equation.
18. Mention the different discharge measuring devices.
19. Draw the venturimeter and mention the parts
20. Why the divergent cone is longer than convergent cone in venturimeter?
21. Compare the merits and demerits of venturimeter with orifice meter.
22. Why Cd value is high in venturimeter than orifice meter?
23. What is orifice plate?
24. What do you mean by vena contracta?
25. Define coefficient of discharge.
26. What is the difference between a notch and a weir.
27. What is a Cipelloti weir.
28. Differentiate between laminar and turbulent flow.
29. How will you classify the flow as laminar and turbulent?
30. Write down Darcy -weisback's equation.
31. What is Hagen-Pouiselle equation?
32. What is the difference between friction factor and coefficient of friction?
33. What do you mean by major energy loss?
34. List down the type of minor energy losses.

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35. Define turbine.

36. What are the classifications of turbine.
37. Define impulse turbine.
38. Define reaction turbine.
39. Differentiate between impulse and reaction turbine.
40. What is the function of draft tube?
41. Define specific speed of turbine.
42. What is breaking jet in Pelton wheel turbine?
43. What is the function of casing in Pelton turbine
44. Draw a simple sketch of Pelton wheel bucket.
45. What is the function of surge tank fixed to penstock in Pelton turbine?
46. How the inlet discharge is controlled in Pelton turbine?
47. What is water hammer?
48. What do you mean by head race?
49. What do you mean by tail race?
50. Mention the parts of Kaplan turbine.
51. Differentiate between inward and outward flow reaction turbine.
52. What is the difference between Francis turbine and Modern Francis turbine?
53. What is mixed flow reaction turbine? Give an example.
54. Why draft tube is not required in impulse turbine?
55. How turbines are classified based on head. Give example.
56. How turbines are classified based on flow. Give example
57. How turbines are classified based on working principle. Give example.
58. What does velocity triangle indicates?
59. Draw the velocity triangle for radial flow reaction turbine.
60. Draw the velocity triangle for tangential flow turbine.
61. Mention the type of characteristic curves for turbines.
62. How performance characteristic curves are drawn for turbine.
63. Define pump.
64. How pumps are classified?
65. Differentiate pump and turbine.
66. Define Rotodynamic pump.
67. Define Positive displacement pump.
68. Differentiate between Rotodynamic and positive displacement pump.
69. Define cavitation in pump.
70. What is the need for priming in pump?

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71. Give examples for Rotodynamic pumps.

72. Give examples for Positive displacement pumps.
73. Mention the parts of centrifugal pump.
74. Mention the type of casing used in centrifugal pump.
75. Why the foot valve is fitted with strainer?
76. Why the foot valve is a non return type valve?
77. What is the function of volute casing?
78. What is the function of guide vanes?
79. Why the vanes are curved radially backward?
80. What is the function of impeller?
81. Define specific speed of pump.
82. Mention the type of characteristic curves for pump
83. How performance characteristic curves are drawn for pump.
84. Mention the parts of reciprocating pump.
85. What is the function of air vessel?
86. What is slip of reciprocating pump?
87. What is negative slip?
88. What is the condition for occurrence of negative slip?
89. What does indicator diagram indicates?
90. What is the difference between actual and ideal indicator diagram?
91. Draw the velocity triangle for centrifugal pump.
92. Draw the indicator diagram fro reciprocating pump.
93. Mention the merits and demerits of centrifugal pump.
94. Mention the merits and demerits of reciprocating pump.
95. Differentiate single acting and double acting reciprocating pump.

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