A. Head loss is the same through each pipe
B. Discharge is the same through all the pipes
C. Total head loss is equal to the sum of the head losses through each pipe
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- 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) - Momentum correction factor used in fluid flow problems accounts for the__________________?
A. Change in direction of flow
B. Change in total energy
C. Change in pressure
D. Non uniform direction of velocities at inlet & outlet sections - In case of laminar flow of fluid through a circular pipe, the__________________?
A. Shear stress over the cross-section is proportional to the distance from the surface of the pipe
B. Surface of velocity distribution is a paraboloid of revolution, whose volume equals half the
volume of circumscribing cylinder
C. Velocity profile varies hyperbolically and the shear stress remains constant over the crosssection
D. Average flow occurs at a radial distance of 0.5 r from the centre of the pipe (r = pipe radius) - Transition length for a turbulent fluid entering into a pipe is around _____________ times the pipe diameter?
A. 5
B. 50
C. 500
D. 5000 - 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 - I.D. of 1/4″ schedule 40 pipe is 0.364″. I.D. of a 1/2″ schedule 40 pipe would be ______________ inch?
A. 4.728
B. 0.5
C. 0.622
D. 0.474 - Transition length for turbulent flow in smooth pipe is equal to _____________ times the pipe diameter?
A. 0.5
B. 5
C. 50
D. 500 - A pipe of I.D. 4 m is bifurcated into two pipes of I.D. 2 m each. If the average velocity of water flowing through the main pipe is 5 m/sec, the average velocity through the bifurcated pipes is__________________?
A. 20 m/sec
B. 10 m/sec
C. 5 √2 m/sec
D. 5 m/sec - Friction factor for a hydraulically smooth pipe at NRe = 2100 is f1. If the pipe is further smoothened (i.e., roughness is reduced), the friction factor at the same value of NRe, will_______________?
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remain unchanged
D. Increase or decrease depending on the pipe material
