The pressure at a point in a fluid is not the same in all directions, when the fluid is viscous and___________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Bernoulli’s equation for fluid flow is derived following certain assumptions. Out of the assumptions listed below, which set of assumptions is used in derivation of Bernoulli’s equation? A. Fluid flow is frictionless & irrotational. B. Fluid flow is steady. C. Fluid flow is uniform & turbulent. D. Fluid is compressible. E. Fluid is incompressible ?

   A. A, C, D
   B. B, D, E
   C. A, B, E
   D. A, D, E

2. 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

3. The normal stress is the same in all directions at a point in a fluid, when the fluid is__________________?

   A. Non-viscous
   B. Incompressible
   C. Both A. and B.
   D. Having no motion of one fluid layer relative to the other

4. The terminal velocity of a small sphere settling in a viscous fluid varies as the___________________?

   A. First power of its diameter
   B. Inverse of the fluid viscosity
   C. Inverse square of the diameter
   D. Square of the difference in specific weights of solid & fluid

5. 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

6. In which type of fluid flow, the velocity of flow of fluid changes from point to point in the fluid at any instant ?

   A. Rotational
   B. Unsteady
   C. Turbulent
   D. Non-uniform

7. The fluid velocity varies as the square root of the cylindrical pipe diameter in case of steady state laminar flow at constant pressure drop of _____________ fluid?

   A. Dilatent
   B. Pseudo-plastic
   C. Bingham plastic
   D. Newtonian

8. The fluid velocity varies as the square of the cylindrical pipe diameter, in case of steady state laminar flow at constant pressure drop, for ______________ fluid?

   A. Newtonian
   B. Dilatant
   C. Pseudo-plastic

   D. Non-Newtonian

9. The fluid velocity varies as the cube of the cylindrical pipe diameter in case of steady state laminar flow at constant pressure drop for ____________ fluid?

   A. Newtonian
   B. Pseudo-plastic
   C. Dilatent
   D. Bingham plastic

10. 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