Code No: 123BK R15

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

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B.Tech II Year I Semester Examinations, April/May - 2018
FLUID MECHANICS
(Common to CE, CEE)
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Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 75

Note: This question paper contains two parts A and B.

Part A is compulsory which carries 25 marks. Answer all questions in Part A.
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Part B consists of 5 Units. Answer any one full question from each unit.
Each question carries 10 marks and may have a, b, c as sub questions.

PART- A
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(25 Marks)
1.a) What is Specific gravity? What are its units? [2]
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b) Calculate the specific weight, specific mass and specific gravity of a liquid having
a volume of 6 m3 and weight of 44kN. [3]
c) Define Stream line and path line. [2]
d) How are fluid flows classified? [3]
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e) What is the difference between a notch and a weir? [2]
f) List the different types of orifices. [3]
g) List the characteristics of boundary layer. [2]
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h) Define drag force and lift force. [3]
i) Define Total energy line and Hydraulic gradient line. [2]
j) Write on minor energy losses in a pipe. [3]
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PART-B
(50 Marks)
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2.a) State and Prove Pascal’s law.
b) Write about the advantages and limitations of manometers. [5+5]
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3.a) What is the difference between dynamic viscosity and kinematic viscosity? State
their units of measurements.
b) A circular jet of water 0.5mm in diameter issues from an opening. What is the
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pressure difference between the inside and outside of the jet. The surface tension
at the water-air interface is 0.073 N/m. [5+5]

4.a) Distinguish between rotational flow and irrotational flow. Give one example of
each.
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b) Define the equation of continuity. Obtain an expression for continuity equation
for a three- dimensional flow. [5+5]
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5.a) In the analysis of two-dimensional irrotational flow what use can the velocity
potential and stream function be put to?
b) Distinguish between Laminar and turbulent flow. [5+5]
 6.a) List the assumptions which are made while deriving Bernoulli’s equation.
b) Derive Euler’s equation of motion. [5+5]
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7.a) Describe an orificemeter and find an expression for measuring discharge of fluid
through a pipe with this device.
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b) Explain briefly about the Navier-stokes equations. [5+5]

8.a) Define Coefficient of drag and lift and state the factors on which these
co-efficients depend.
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b) Obtain Von Karman momentum integral equation. [5+5]
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9. Air is flowing over a smooth plate with a velocity of 10 m/s. The length of the
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plate is 1.2 m and width 0.8m. If laminar boundary layer exists up to a value of
Re=2 × 105, find the maximum distance from the leading edge upto which laminar
boundary layer exists. Find the maximum thickness of laminar boundary layer if
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the velocity profile is given by [10]
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u  y  y
 2    
U    
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10.a) What do you understand by laminar and turbulent flow? What factors decide the
type of flow in pipes?
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b) Derive an expression for darcy-weisbach formula to determine the head loss due
to friction. Give the expression for relation between friction factor and Reynolds
number for laminar and turbulent flow. [5+5]
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11.a) List the causes of minor energy losses in flow through pipes.
b) For the laminar flow regime, the friction factor is independent of relative
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roughness of the pipe. Explain why. [5+5]

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