A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remain constant
D. Either A. or B.; depends on other factors
Related Mcqs:
- With increase in the ratio of orifice diameter to pipe diameter, the fraction of the orifice pressure differential that is permanently lost________________?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unchanged
D. Increases exponentially - When the pipe Reynold’s number is 6000, the flow is generally___________________?
A. Viscous
B. Laminar
C. Turbulent
D. Transition - 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 - A pipe has a porous section of length L as shown in the figure. Velocity at the start of this section of V0. If fluid leaks into the pipe through the porous section at a volumetric rate per unit area q(x/L)2, what will be axial velocity in the pipe at any „x‟? Assume incompressible one dimensional flow i.e., no gradients in the radial direction ?
A. VX = V0 + q (x3/L2D)
B. VX = V0 + ⅓q (x3/L2)
C. VX = V0 + 2q (x2/LD)
D. VX = V0 + (4/3) q (x3/L2D) - With increase in the ratio of orifice diameter to pipe diameter in case of an orificemeter, the overall pressure loss_______________?
A. Decreases
B. Increases
C. Remain constant
D. Increases linearly - The boundary layer thickness at a given section along a flat plate _____________ with increasing Reynold’s number?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain same
D. May increase or decrease - What is the ratio of fluid carrying capacity of two pipes having diameters d1 and d2 respectively ?
A. (d1/d2)0.8
B. (d1/d2)0.5
C. d1/d2
D. (d1/d2)2 - 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 - The pipe wall thickness is minimum for a pipe of given nominal size having schedule number___________________?
A. 160
B. 120
C. 80
D. 40 - The actual velocity at vena-contracta for flow through an orifice from a reservoir is given by_____________________?
A. Cv . √(2gH)
B. Cc . √(2gH)
C. Cd . √(2gH)
D. Cv . Va