PART-A (Each Question Carries One mark)

1. A viscometer constructed of two 30-cm-long concentric cylinders is used to measure

the viscosity of a fluid. The outer diameter of the inner cylinder is 9 cm, and the gap
between the two cylinders is 0.18 cm. The inner cylinder is rotated at 250 rpm, and
the torque is measured to be 1.4 Nm. The viscosity of the fluid (in Ns/m2) is

(a) 0.0084 (b) 0.017 (c) 0.062 (d ) 0.0049 (e) 0.56

2. The surface tension of soap water at 20C is 0 .025 N/m. The gage pressure inside a
soap bubble of diameter 2 cm at 20C is

(a) 10 Pa (b) 5 Pa (c) 20 Pa (d) 40 Pa (e) 0.5 Pa

3. A 0.4 mm diameter glass tube is inserted into water at 20C in a cup. The surface
tension of water at 20C is 0.073 N/m. The contact angle can be taken as zero
degrees. The capillary rise of water in the tube is

(a) 2.9 cm (b) 7.4 cm (c) 5.1 cm (d ) 9.3 cm (e) 14.0 cm

4. Consider a cubical water tank with a side length of 3 m. The tank is half filled with
water, and is open to the atmosphere with a pressure of 100 kPa. Now, a truck
carrying this tank is accelerated at a rate of 5 m/s2. The maximum pressure in the
water is

(a) 115 kPa (b) 122 kPa (c) 129 kPa (d ) 137 kPa (e) 153 kPa

5. A 10-kg object with a density of 900 kg/m3 is placed in a fluid with a density of 1100
kg/m3. The fraction of the volume of the object submerged in water is

(a) 0.637 (b) 0.716 (c) 0.818 (d ) 0.90 (e) 1

6. A steady, two-dimensional velocity field is given by

where the x- and y-coordinates are in meters and the magnitude of velocity is in m/s.
The volumetric strain rate in s-1 is

(a) 0 (b) 3.2 (c) 20.8 (d ) 0.8 (e) 21.6

7. Consider unsteady fully developed Coutte flow-flow between two infinite parallel
plates. This problem involves the following parameters: velocity component u,
distance between the plates h, vertical distance y, top plate speed V, fluid density ,
fluid viscosity , and time t. The number of expected non-dimensional parameters for
this problem is

(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d ) 3 (e) 2

8. Consider laminar flow of water in a 0.8-cm-diameter pipe at a rate of 1.15 L/min. The
velocity of water halfway between the surface and the center of the pipe is

(a) 0.381 m/s (b) 0.762 m/s (c) 1.15 m/s (d) 0.874 m/s (e) 0.572 m/s

9. Engine oil at 40oC ( = 876 kg/m3, = 0.2177 kg/ms) flows in a 20-cm-diameter pipe
at a velocity of 1.2 m/s. The pressure drop of oil for a pipe length of 20 m is

(a) 4180 Pa (b) 5044 Pa (c) 6236 Pa (d) 7419 Pa (e) 8615 Pa

10. Air flows in a 5 cm by 8 cm cross section rectangular duct at a velocity of 4 m/s at 1

atm and 15oC. The Reynolds number based on hydraulic diameter for this flow is ( =
1.4510-5 m2/s)

(a) 13,605 (b) 16,745 (c) 17,690 (d) 21,770 (e) 23,235

11. A 1/4th scale model of a new automobile design is tested in a wind tunnel. The
Reynolds number of the model is the same as that of the full-scale prototype.
Assuming the model and prototype are exposed to the same air conditions, the
velocity in the wind tunnel is then

a) 1/4th that of the full-scale vehicle.

b) The same as that of the full-scale vehicle.
c) 4 times that of the full-scale vehicle.
d) 40 times that of the full-scale vehicle.

12. A uniform flow moving to the left (in the negative x-axis direction) is imposed on the
doublet shown in Fig. For the resulting flow field,

a) there are two stagnation points, one above and one below the doublet.
b) there is one stagnation point to the left of the doublet.
c) there is one stagnation point to the right of the doublet.
d) there are no stagnation points anywhere in the flow.
13. Consider constant altitude, steady flow along a streamline with a flow that satisfies
the assumptions necessary for Bernoullis equation. Which of the following have a
constant value along the streamline?

a) Internal energy b) Stagnation or total pressure

c) Static or local pressure d) Dynamic or velocity pressure

14. A wire is attached to a block of metal that is submerged in a tank of water as shown
below. The graph that most correctly describes the relation between the force in the
wire and time as the block is pulled slowly out of the water is
 PART-B (Each Question Carries Two mark)

1. Pitot tubes are placed in two ducts in which air is flowing and the static pressures of
the flows are equal. The stagnation pressure tap and the static pressure tap are
connected to manometers as shown. The manometer reading for duct A is height h,
and that for duct B is 2h. The relation between the velocity VA in duct A and the
velocity VB in duct B is

a) VB equals VA/2. b) VB equals 2 (VA) c) VB equals 4VA

d) VB equals 2VA. e) VB equals VA.

2. Two fluid jets are pointed at surfaces as shown in the following figures. The fluids are
incompressible, and the effects of gravity can be neglected. The mass flow rates and
the velocities of the jets are identical. The cross-sectional areas of the jets do not
change significantly as the fluid flows. The correct statement regarding the horizontal
forces is

a) F1 equals 2F2.
b) F1 is greater than 0 and F2 equals 0.
c) F1 equals 0.5F2.
d) F1 equals 0 and F2 is greater than 0.
e) F1 equals F2.