A. Also increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain constant
D. First decreases, and then increases
Related Mcqs:
- Pressure difference between two points in vessels, pipelines or in two different pipelines can be measured by a differential manometer. The pressure difference measured as the mm of water column in case of mercury-water, differential manometer is equal to (where, H = difference in height of mercury column in mm)?
A. H
B. 12.6 H
C. 13.6 H
D. 14.6 H - Water hammer is caused, when water flowing in a pipe is suddenly brought to rest by closing the valve. The extent of pressure thus produced due to water hammer depends on the___________________?
A. Pipe length
B. Fluid velocity in the pipe
C. Time taken to close the valve
D. All A., B. and C. - The location of centre of pressure, which defines the point of application of the total pressure force on the surface, can be calculated by applying the principle of moments according to which “sum of the moment of the resultant force about an axis is equal to the sum of the components about the same axis”. The centre of pressure of a rectangular surface (of width ‘w’) immersed vertically in a static mass of fluid is at a depth of (where, y = depth of the liquid) ?
A. 1/(y/3)
B. 2y/3
C. 1/(y/4)
D. 3y/4 - A centrifugal pump is used to pump water through a horizontal distance of 150 m, and then raised to an overhead tank 10 m above. The pipe is smooth with an I.D of 50 mm. What head (m of water) must the pump generate at its exit E. to deliver water at a flow rate of 0.001 m3/s? The Fanning friction factor, f is 0.0062 ?
A. 10 m
B. 11 m
C. 11.8 m
D. 30 m - The pressure co-efficient is the ratio of pressure forces to ______________ forces?
A. Viscous
B. Inertial
C. Gravity
D. Surface tension - Pressure co-efficient is the ratio of pressure forces to __________________________ forces?
A. Gravity
B. Inertial
C. Viscous
D. None of these - In which of the following cases, it is possible for flow to occur from low pressure to high pressure ?
A. Flow of liquid upward in a vertical pipe
B. Flow through a converging section
C. Flow of air downward in a pipe
D. Impossible in a constant cross-section conduit - The excess of the sum of pressure & velocity heads over the vapor pressure of the liquid at the suction is called the___________________?
A. Static submergence
B. Net positive suction head (NPSH)
C. Cavitation sensitivity
D. Priming - 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____________________?
A. Q/2
B. Q/4
C. Q/8
D. Q/16 - A gas (density = 1.5 kg/m3, viscosity = 2 × 10‒5 kg/m.s) flowing through a packed bed (particle size = 0.5 cm, porosity = 0.5) at a superficial velocity of 2 m/s causes a pressure drop of 8400 Pa/m. The pressure drop for another gas, with density of 1.5 kg/m3and viscosity of 3 × 10‒5kg/m.s flowing at 3 m/s will be________________?
A. 8400 Pa/m
B. 12600 Pa/m
C. 18900 Pa/m
D. 16800 Pa/m
