A. Only when the fluid is frictionless
B. Only when the fluid is at rest having zero velocity
C. When there is no motion of one fluid layer relative to an adjacent layer
D. Regardless of the motion of one fluid layer relative to an adjacent layer
Related Mcqs:
- Centre of pressure of a plane surface of arbitrary shape immersed vertically in a static mass of fluid________________?
A. Lies above the centroid of the plane surface
B. Is independent of the specific weight of the fluid
C. Is different for different fluids
D. Is at the centroid of the plane surface - The pressure at a point in a fluid is not the same in all directions, when the fluid is viscous and___________________?
A. Moving
B. Static
C. Cold
D. Hot - For a fluid rotating at constant angular velocity about vertical axis as a rigid body, the pressure intensity varies as the___________________?
A. Square of the radial distance
B. Radial distance linearly
C. Inverse of the radial distance
D. Elevation along vertical direction - 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 - 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 - 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 - A 2″ gate valve fitted in a pipe is replaced by a similar globe valve. Pressure drop in gate valve was Δp. For the same discharge, the pressure drop across globe valve is__________________?
A. Δp
B. < Δp
C. > Δp
D. Δp2 - 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 - In case of a centrifugal pump, the ratio of total delivered pressure to pressure developed with the impeller is called the _____________ efficiency?
A. Manometric
B. Mechanical
C. Volumetric
D. Overall - 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
