Applying a pressure drop across a capillary results in a volumetric flow rate ‘Q’ under laminar flow conditions. The flow rate for the same pressure drop, in a capillary of the same length but half the radius is____________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. For the laminar flow of a fluid in a circular pipe of radius R, the Hagen-Poisseule equation predicts the volumetric flow rate to be proportional to____________________?

   A. R
   B. R2
   C. R4
   D. R0.5

2. A Newtonian liquid (ρ = density, μ = viscosity) is flowing with velocity „v‟ in a tube of diameter ‘D’. Let Δp be the pressure drop across the length ‘L’. For a laminar flow, Δp is proportional to_________________?

   A. Lρv2/D
   B. LμV/D2
   C. Dρv2/L
   D. μV/L

3. For laminar flow of a shear thinning liquid in a pipe, if the volumetric flow rate is doubled, the pressure gradient will increase by a factor of_________________?

   A. 2
   B. 2
   D. 1/2

4. The pressure drop per unit length of pipe incurred by a fluid ‘X’ flowing through pipe is Δp. If another fluid ‘Y’ having both the specific gravity & density just double of that of fluid ‘X’, flows through the same pipe at the same flow rate/average velocity, then the pressure drop in this case will be__________________?

   A. Δp
   B. 2Δp
   C. Δp2
   D. Δp/2

5. What is the shear rate at the pipe wall, in case of laminar flow of Newtonian fluids in a pipe of diameter ‘D’ & length ‘L’ incurring a pressure drop ‘Δp’ with average velocity ‘Vavg’ ?

   A. D Δp/8L
   B. D Δp/4L
   C. 8 Vavg/D
   D. 4 Vavg/D

6. For laminar flow of a fluid through a packed bed of spheres of diameter d, the pressure drop per unit length of bed depends upon the sphere diameter as_________________?

   A. d
   B. d2
   C. d4
   D. d̅ 2

7. For laminar flow of Newtonian fluids through a circular pipe, for a given pressure drop and length & diameter of pipe, the velocity of fluid is proportional to (where, μ = fluid viscosity ) ?

   A. μ
   B. 1/μ
   C. √μ
   D. 1/√μ

8. A 2″ gate valve fitted in a pipe is replaced by a similar globe valve. Pressure drop in gate valve was Δp. For the same discharge, the pressure drop across globe valve is__________________?

   A. Δp
   B. < Δp
   C. > Δp
   D. Δp2

9. In a fully turbulent flow (Re > 105) in a pipe of diameter ‘d’, for a constant pressure gradient, the dependence of volumetric flow rate of an incompressible fluid is_______________?

   A. d
   B. d2
   C. d2.5
   D. d4

10. The variable required to be known in correlations used for estimating the horse power of a centrifugal gas compressor and hence its cost is P. Inlet pressure Q. Compressor rpm R. Delivery pressure S. Volumetric flow rate at inlet ?

    A. P, Q and R
    B. P and R
    C. R and S
    D. P, Rand S