Postgraduate Studies

M.Sc. /M. Engg. In ME, BUET (pgadmission.buet.ac.bd)

Exam Info
Result Written Exam Date
Circular Session Seats Amount Exam Place
(Min.) (MM/DD/YYYY)
April 2019 2.5 120 505 05/20/2019 BUET
October 2018 2.5 120 505 11/13/2018 BUET
October 2017 2.5 120 505 10/02/2017 BUET
April 2017 2.5 120 505 04/05/2017 BUET
April 2016 2.5 120 505 04/08/2016 BUET

Question Analysis
Year of No. Departmental
Written Marks Of
Fluid Heat Engineering Solid Mechanics of Machine Power
Exam Ques Thermal Drawing Others
Mechanics Transfer Mechanics Mechanics Machinery Design Plant
April 2019 75 15 5 3 2 - 3 1 1 - - -
Oct 2018 60 12 2 2 3 - 2 1 1 - 1 -
Oct 2017 100 20 4 4 2 1 4 2 - 1 1 1
April 2017 150 30 7 7 4 1 4 3 1 1 - 2
April 2016 100 30 8 6 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 -
 𝐌. 𝐒𝐜. 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐓 − 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟐𝟎/𝟎𝟓/𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗; 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐓
[Total: 75 Marks; 15 Questions; Time: 1hr]
Departmental
1. Draw a graph U+ vs Y+ for Turbulent Pipe Flow.
2. Draw the main and operating characteristic curves of a pump.
3. Write Bernoulli’s equation for (i) between A and B (ii) between B and C.

4. What will be the discharge at point 3 for the following figure?

5. Water is flowing at 0.6 ms-1 uniformly in a rectangular open channel with unfinished
concrete surfaces. The channel width is 6 cm, and the flow depth is 2 cm. Find hydraulic
radius, Reynold’s number, and Friction factor where kinematic viscosity is 10-5 m2/s.

6. An inventor claims to have developed a refrigeration system that removes heat from the
closed region at 2°C and transfers it to the surrounding air at 24°C while maintaining a COP
of 7.5. Is this claim reasonable? Why?
7. A Brayton cycle having 100KPa pressure at the beginning of its compression along with 20°C
temperature and pressure ratio 12:1. Find 1. Compression work? 2. Thermal efficiency?
8. Bsfc of a diesel engine is 240g/KW-hr. Calculate diesel consumption rate in liter/hr. Electric
load is 30KW and alternator efficiency is 90%. (sp. gr. 0.85).
9. Draw the typical stress-strain diagram of mild steel showing yield strength, ultimate
strength, and breaking strength on it.
10. The allowable tangential stress of a boiler is 400 MPa and the internal pressure is 10 MPa.
What's the allowable ratio of D/t in a thin pressure vessel? What's the allowable longitudinal
stress?
11. Consider a 20-cm-diameter spherical ball at 800 K suspended in the air. Assuming the ball
closely approximates a blackbody, determine (a) the total blackbody emissive power, (b) the
total amount of radiation emitted by the ball in 5 min.
12. Draw a Typical boiling curve for water at 1 atm pressure showing Onset of Nucleate Boiling
(ONB), CHF (Critical Heat Flux), Leiden frost point.
13. Three revolving mass having m1 = 2 kg, r1 = 1.5m, m2 = 1.5 kg, r2 = 0.08m and r3 = 0.06m. By
static balancing what will be mass of 3rd one where m1 and m2 are at right angle?
14. Two ends fixed column having length "L" & diameter "D" with buckling load 100KN. If the
characteristics are the same what will be the new buckling load having length "L/3" and
diameter "D/3"?
15. Draw SFD and BMD for the following beam.
 𝐌. 𝐒𝐜. 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐓 − 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟏𝟑/𝟏𝟏/𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖; 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐓
[Total: 60 Marks; 12 Questions; Time: 1hr]
Departmental
1. 1 KN force is required per unit area to give the belt 10 m/s on the right side, as shown in the
figure, to determine the viscosity of the fluid.

2. Air is flowing at 2ms-1 in a 30mm diameter pipe whose total length is 3Km. if the outlet
pressure is 300KPa, find inlet pressure. Take friction factor is 0.03 and air density 1.3 kg/m3.
3. Find out the efficiency for the Otto cycle for the specific heat ratio (Cp/Cv) of the working
fluid is considered as 1.50 and compression ratio is 10. If the cut-off ratio is 1.96 then what
will be diesel cycle efficiency?
4. A 50hp engine has a thermal efficiency of 45%. If the calorific value of the fuel is 35 MJ/Kg,
determine bsfc.
5. A wall has the dimension of 𝟑𝐦 × 𝟐𝐦 × 𝟎. 𝟐𝐦, if the heat transfer coefficient of inside and
outside of the wall is 10 W/m2K and 20 W/m2K respectively then determine the heat flow
rate through this wall. The thermal conductivity of the wall material is 0.5 W/m2K and the
temperature difference is 10°C between inside and outside the wall.
6. 80kg iron at 80°C is dropped into 0.5m3 water at 25°C. Find the final temperature of the
water if the heat capacity of iron is 0.45KJ/KgK.
7. A journal bearing can be idealized as a stationary flat plate and a moving flat plate that
moves parallel to it where the distance between them is 3.0 mm, the speed of the moving plate
is 5.0 m/s, and there is engine oil between the plates. Calculate the heat flux to the lower plate.
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧, 𝛍 = 𝟏. 𝟐𝟑𝐍𝐬𝐦𝟐 , 𝐤 = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟒𝟓𝐖𝐦𝐊. Temperature profile for Couette flow is:
𝛍𝐔𝟐 𝐲 𝟐 𝐲
𝐓(𝐲) = − [ − ] + 𝐓𝐨
𝟐𝐤 𝐋𝟐 𝐋
8. A steel pipe is under the load of 2000N; the length of the bar is 2m and is under maximum
stress of 150 MPa. For that condition, maximum deflection is 30 mm, then find the required
diameter, E=200GPa.
9. A cantilever beam having 300mm x 300mm at a length of 2m is subjected to a point load at
the tip. If maximum tensile stress is 350 MPa and E = 200GPa, find the load P and tip
deflection 𝛅.
10. Find the speed of gear 4.

11. Matching.
 Somerfield no is related to - Journal bearing
 Molding is related to - Foundry
 Chain sprocket is related to - Flexible coupling
 Quick return mechanism is related to - Shaper Machine
 Gear cutting is related to - Milling machine
12. Draw Top, front, and LHS view.
 𝐌. 𝐒𝐜. 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐓 − 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟎𝟐/𝟏𝟎/𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕; 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐓
[Total: 100 Marks; 20 Questions; Time: 1.30hrs]
Departmental
1. Write down the assumptions of Bernoulli’s equation. Write down Bernoulli’s equation for
ideal and real fluid.
2. Petroleum oil is flowing through an inclined galvanized pipe at the rate of 0.25 m3/s. At point
1 pressure is 2400KPa and at point 2 pressure is atmospheric. Neglecting minor losses, find
the diameter of the pipe. The specific gravity of petroleum oil is 0.72 and its absolute viscosity
is 2.9 x10-4 Ns/m2. The value of the friction factor is 0.0195.
3. An airplane was traveled at an altitude of 10km, speed 75km/hr. At sea level, the atmospheric
pressure 25KPa (abs) and temperatures were -52°С. Find the nose pressure of the airplane.
4. A 1:2 scale model of a pump was tested in a laboratory at 750rpm, head 20m and discharge
10 L/s. If the speed of the prototype was 1500rpm, determine the head and discharge.
5. Draw a schematic diagram of closed-cycle gas turbine and corresponding T-S diagram for
single-stage inter cooling and single-stage heating chamber.
6. In a thermodynamics cycle mass of the working substance is 0.83kg, the initial pressure is
0.7 MPa, the initial volume is 0.823 m3, and after expansion, the volume becomes 1.425 m3.
Find (i) Work done for the constant pressure process. (ii) Work done for the isothermal
process.
7. A heat engine receives heat from a source at 1200 K at a rate of 500 kJ/s and rejects the waste
heat to a medium at 300 K. The power output of the heat engine is 180 kW. Determine the
reversible power and the irreversibility rate for this process.

8. An ice plant produces 100 tons of ice in 24 hrs. If the plant uses water at 20°C, find its cooling
capacity. Specific heat and latent heat of solidification of water are 4.2 kJ/kg-K and 334 kJ/kg
respectively.
9. Draw a velocity profile for fluid flow through a flat plate.
10. Draw a velocity profile for fluid flow through a spherical body.
11. What force is required to punch a 20-mm diameter hole in a plate that is 25 mm thick? The
shear strength is 400 MPa.
12. A steel pipe is under the load of 2000N; the length of the bar is 2m and is under maximum
stress of 150 MPa. For that condition, maximum deflection is 30 mm, then find the required
diameter, E=200GPa.
13. Two gears A and B mesh with each other. The speed of gear A is 795rpm. The number of
teeth of the two gears A and B is respectively 50 and 20. Find the speed of gear B.
14. Find the frequency for free damped vibration.

15. Knowing that each pulley has a radius of 250 mm, determine the components of the reactions
at D and E.

16. A power plants has the following annual factors: Load factor = 90%; Plant capacity factor
= 40%; Plant use factor = 45%; Maximum demand is 15 MW. Find average load and Annual
energy production.
17. Draw SFD and BMD of a simply supported beam with a point load.
18. A cantilever beam has 2m long and forces P=1000N are applied to the free end. If the
maximum stress of the beam is 100 MPa then find the value of "h". (Figure was given
rectangular section, where b=0.25m and h=?) [Similar]

19. Draw Top, front, and LHS view.

Not Available.
20. A DC input was given and some data are provided. Find out the binary value.
Not Available.
 𝐌. 𝐒𝐜. 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐓 − 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟎𝟓/𝟎𝟒/𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕; 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐓
[Total: 150 Marks; 30 Questions; Time: 1.30hrs]
Departmental
1. Define Prandtl number, Grashof number, and Nusselt number.
2. Draw the operating characteristic curve of the centrifugal pump showing the design and
operating point.
3. Find the pressure at pressure gauge A when the pressure at point B is 2000KPa. Take friction
factor is 0.01 and water density 1000 kg/m3.

4. A pipe of nominal diameter 500 and 12 mm thickness flows 1 Mm3/day is connected with an
air tank of 1atm pressure and temperature 15°C. When air flows at 100atm pressure and
temperature 25°C with a viscosity of 0.00012 Poise, then find the Reynolds number.
5. In a Pitot tube stagnation and static pressure difference is 9.8 Pa; Density of air 1.23 kg/m3.
Calculate the velocity of the flowing fluid.
6. An airplane was traveled at an altitude of 10km, speed 75km/hr. At sea level, the atmospheric
pressure 25KPa (abs) and temperatures were -52°С. Find the nose pressure of the airplane.
7. A 50-mm-diameter electrical wire is connected with two poles. Determine the drag force
exerted on a 30-m-long section of the wire during a windy day when the drag coefficient is
0.45 and the wind is blowing across the wire at 20 km/h. Air density is 1.2Kg/m3.
8. A hydroelectric power plant works under a head of 200 m and discharges 10 m3/s. Turbine
generator combined efficiency is 75.6%. What will be the output of the plant?
9. Graph of Otto cycle efficiency vs compression ratio. Also, show the specific heat ratio on it.
10. Draw the schematic diagram and T-S diagram of the combined cycle power plant.
11. Draw a vapor absorption refrigeration System mentioning the main component.
12. B.H.P of an engine is 2.52 KW, thermal efficiency is 26.5%. Find out the mass flow rate of
fuel if the calorific value is 42,000.
13. A heat engine receives heat from a source at 1200 K at a rate of 500 kJ/s and rejects the waste
heat to a medium at 300 K. The power output of the heat engine is 180 kW. Determine the
reversible power and the irreversibility rate for this process.
14. Draw a schematic and T-S diagram of a Vapor Compression Refrigeration System.
15. Write down 2D Differential Convection Equations of mass, momentum, and energy.
16. Which one has better heat transfer?
 Laminar or turbulent? - Turbulent
 Filmwise or dropwise? - Dropwise
17. Write down the equation of LMTD for the counter-flow heat exchanger with the figure.

18. 80kg iron at 80°C is dropped into 0.5m3 water at 25°C. Find the final temperature of the
water if the heat capacity of iron is 0.45KJ/KgK.
19. Draw the typical stress-strain diagram of mild steel showing yield strength, ultimate
strength, and breaking strength on it.
20. The length of the steel rod is 40 cm. If the force acting on it is 2 N then compute the torque.
21. A steel shaft has a solid cross-section and transmits power at 100 rpm. Take E=200GPa, G=
84GPa, length = 1200 mm, diameter = 15mm, if the torque developed is 9550 N-mm, calculate
the power transmitted and maximum shear stress developed.
22. The module of a mating spur gear set is 3mm. Pressure angle 250, number of teeth on pinion
20, and the gear ratio are 3, driver pinion runs at 1500 rpm and transmits 1200W to gear.
Calculate: Driving force and separating force acting on gears.
23. Write down which stress is prominent on the following.
 Stress at leaf spring in a car is: Tensile or compressive stress
 Stress at helical compression spring: Shear/torsional stress
24. Matching.
 Somerfield no is related to - Journal bearing
 Molding is related to - Foundry
 Chain sprocket is related to - Flexible coupling
 Quick return mechanism is related to - Shaper Machine
 Gear cutting is related to - Milling machine
25. Draw curve for buckling vs slenderness ratio.
26. Draw free body diagram of member ACB and CD. Considering the system in static
equilibrium. Find out the force P if the compressive force in member CD is 2KN.
27. Write the equation of Load factor, Plant capacity factor, and Diversity factor.
28. Why case hardening is done in gear teeth?
29. Draw SFD and BMD of a simply supported beam with a point load.
30. A 5-bit ADC with a 10.8 V reference is used to convert analog signal to digital output. What
is the digital output if the analog input of ADC
is 10 V. Given figure shows the characteristic of
a temperature transducer. If this ADC to be
used in conversion to digital output, calculate
the resolution of temperature measurement
able to display its changes.
Solution: Not Available
 𝐌. 𝐒𝐜. 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐓 − 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟎𝟖/𝟎𝟒/𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔; 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐓
[Total: 100 Marks; 30 Questions; Time: 1.30hrs]
Departmental
1. Write down the assumptions of Bernoulli’s equation. Write down Bernoulli’s equation for a
horizontal streamline.
2. Define Reynolds number. Write the Reynolds number value for laminar and turbulent flow
in flat surfaces and pipes.
3. Write down the difference between Pump, Compressor, Blower, and Fan.
4. If you are diving from the top of a sea and your watch is plated with 20Mpa, how deep you
can go without breaking the watch?
5. A pipe of 300m long having a diameter of 50mm of velocity 2m/s. Find the head loss of the
pipe. The friction factor is 0.004.
6. An airplane was traveled at an altitude of 10km, speed 75km/hr. At sea level, the atmospheric
pressure 25KPa (abs) and temperatures were -52°С. Find the nose pressure of the airplane.
7. A hydroelectric power plant works under a head of 200 m and discharges 10 m3/s. Turbine
generator combined efficiency is 75.6%. What will be the output of the plant?
8. Draw a schematic diagram of reheat steam power cycle (Rankine) with a T-s Diagram.
9. What is Deaeration? Why Is It done and where?
10. Draw a schematic and T-S diagram of a Vapor Compression Refrigeration System.
11. There are two valves A and B in an engine. A is bigger than B. which one is used for intake
and why? / Why is the intake valve of an engine generally larger than the exhaust valve?
12. Write two-dimensional heat conduction equation and application.
13. Two plates are compressed and their joining surface is ribbed. Write down the equation of
the rate of heat transfer? / Thermal conduction equation for walls in contact, and
temperature profile.
14. Write velocity profile of boundary layer of laminar and turbulent pipe flow and for flow over
a plate.
15. Water (Cw = 4.2 KJ/Kg°C) at a rate of 68Kg/min is heated from 35°C to 75°C by oil in a
counter flow double pipe heat exchanger. The oil enters the heat exchanger at 111°C and
leaves at 75°C. Find the amount of heat added to the water and calculate LMTD.
16. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭? 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞,
𝛍𝐬 = 𝟎. 𝟒, 𝛍𝐤 = 𝟎. 𝟑
17. Determine the tension of each of the rings where the string is frictionless.

18. An iron block of mass 1000 kg is hanging from the two supports A and B as shown in the
diagram. Determine the tensions in AC rope.

19. A pressure vessel having a diameter of 300 mm, internal pressure 3 MPa, Maximum value
of tangential and longitudinal stress is 180 MPa and 75 MPa respectively, find out the
thickness of the pressure vessel.
20. A cylindrical shaft is under a torsional force of 100N-m. The inside and outside diameter of
the shaft is 30mm and 50mm. Determine maximum shear stress of the shaft.
21. The gearing of a machine tool is shown in the figure below. The motor shaft is connected to
gear A and rotates at 975 rpm. The gear wheels B, C, D, and E are fixed to parallel shafts
rotating together. The final gear F is fixed on the output shaft. What is the speed of gear F?
The number of teeth on each gear is as given below.
Gear A B C D E F
No. of teeth 20 50 25 75 26 65

22. A single reduction gear of 120 kW with a pinion 250 mm pitch circle diameter and speed 650
rpm is supported in bearings on either side. Calculate the total load due to the power
transmitted, the pressure angle being 20°.
23. A power station has to supply load as follows:
Time (Hour) 0-6 6-12 12-14 14-18 18-24
Load (MW) 30 90 60 100 50
Find Load Factor.
24. Name three fluid measuring meters. Which one has the best accuracy?
25. Explain VVT, DI, and Turbocharger.
26. Draw the cooling circuit diagram of a car.
27. Write the difference between stress intensity and fracture toughness.
28. What is the “Bearing characteristics number” for journal bearing?
29. Draw top, front view, and right, left side view.

30. Draw SFD and BMD of a simply supported beam with a point load.