Q. Schedule number of a pipe, which is a measure of its wall thickness, is given by

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Q. The net positive suction head (NPSH) of a centrifugal pump is defined as the sum of the velocity head and the pressure head at the

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Q. For a particle settling in water at its terminal settling velocity, which of the following is true ?

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Q. A Bingham fluid of viscosity μ = 10 Pa.s and yield stress, τ₀ = 10 KPa, is shared between flat parallel plates separated by a distance of 10⁻³ m. The top plate is moving with a velocity of 1 m/s. The shear stress on the plate is

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Q. Pick out the correct statement.

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Q. Shear stress in a fluid flowing in a round pipe

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Q. The resistance wire used in a hot wire anemometer for conducting electrical current is made of

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Q. The ratio of the hydraulic radius to the diameter of the channel, for maximum mean velocity of flow in a circular channel, in open channel flow is

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Q. For the free settling of a spherical particle through a fluid, the slope of, Cᴅ-log Nʀₑ , plot is

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Q. A centrifugal pump loses prime after starting. The reason of this trouble may be

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Q. Venturimeter and orificemeter measures the __________ of the fluid.

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Q. Surge tanks are provided in high pressure water pipelines to

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Q. Capacity of a hydraulic accumulator is defined in terms of maximum

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Q. With diminishing cross-sectional area in case of subsonic flow in a converging nozzle, the

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Q. Boundary layer separation is characterised by one of the conditions given below, where 'Re' is the Reynolds number for the flow. Select the appropriate conditions.

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Q. Manometers measure the __________ pressure.

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Q. The capacity of an accumulator is the maximum

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Q. With increase in the temperature, viscosity of a liquid

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Q. Vena-contracta pressure tapping is at a distance __________ from the position of an orificemeter fitted in a pipe of internal diameter 'd'

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Q. The pump impeller and the turbine runner in a hydraulic torque converter

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