A. A Venturimeter with a fixed pressure drop discharges more, when the flow is vertically
downward, than when the flow is vertically upward
B. The co-efficient of contraction of a Venturimeter is always unity
C. For a fixed pressure drop, the discharge of a gas through a Venturimeter is greater, when
compressibility is taken into account, than when it is neglected
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- Select the wrong statement pertaining to flow of an incompressible fluid through a Venturimeter ?
A. For frictionless flow, the fluid pressure entering the venturi meter will be exactly equal to that
leaving the Venturimeter
B. Discharge of fluid through a Venturimeter depends upon the gage difference irrespective of
the orientation of Venturimeter
C. Venturimeter occupies less space than an orificemeter
D. Venturimeter incurs less power loss compared to an equivalent orificemeter - Pick out the correct statement pertaining to transition/ entrance length in fluid flow ?
A. The length of entrance region of pipe, in which full development of fluid flow takes place
such that velocity profile does not change downstream, is called the transition length
B. Transition length for laminar flow of Newtonian fluids in a pipe of diameter ‘d’ is equal to
0.05. D.NRe
C. Transition length for turbulent flow of Newtonian fluids in a smooth pipe of diameter ‘d’ is
equal to 50 D
D. All A., B. and C. - Pick out the correct statement pertaining to the flow through a converging-diverging tube ?
A. The value of Mach number is always unity at the throat
B. No shock wave develops in the tube when the Mach number at exit is greater than unity
C. Throughout the converging portion of the tube, the density increases in the downstream
direction
D. None of these - Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to fluid flow ?
A. The ratio of average velocity to the maximum velocity for turbulent flow of Newtonian fluid
in circular pipes is 0.5
B. The Newtonian fluid velocity in a circular pipe flow is maximum at the centre of the pipe
C. Navier-Stokes equation is applicable to the analysis of viscous flows
D. Hagen-Poiseuille equation is applicable to the laminar flow of Newtonian fluids - Consider two pipes of same length and diameter through which water is passed at the same velocity. The friction factor for rough pipe is f1 and that for smooth pipe is f2. Pick out the correct statement ?
A. f1 = f2
B. f1 < f2
C. f1 > f2
D. Data not sufficient to relate f1 & f2 - Pick out the correct statement?
A. Human blood is a Newtonian fluid
B. A Newtonian fluid obeys Newton’s law of cooling
C. For a non-Newtonian fluid, a straight line passes through the origin in a plot between shear
stress and shear gradient
D. Thin lubricating oil is an example of a non-Newtonian fluid - Pick out the correct statement?
A. A forced vortex occurs when fluid rotates as a solid about an axis
B. In laminar flow, Newton’s law of viscosity does not apply
C. A free vortex occurs, when fluid rotates as a solid
D. In turbulent flow, there are neither cross-currents nor eddies - Pick out the correct statement?
A. Fanning friction factor is inversely proportional to Reynolds number always
B. The property of a randomly packed bed (with raschig rings) is given by the ratio of the total
volume to the volume of voids in the bed
C. Mach number in an incompressible fluid is always unity
D. Mach number is given by the ratio of the speed of the fluid to that of sound in the fluid under
conditions of flow - Permanent loss in a Venturimeter is about ___________ percent of the pressure drop in the upstream cone?
A. 1
B. 10
C. 40
D. 70 - Venturimeter and orificemeter measures the _____________ of the fluid?
A. Pressure
B. Maximum velocity
C. Average velocity
D. Point velocity
