A. Penstock
B. Siphon
C. Tunnel
D. Pressure pipeline
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) - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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. - 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 - For pipe flows, head is proportional to __________ at constant capacity(where, D = pipe diameter) ?
A. 1/D
B. 1/D2
C. 1/D5
D. D2 - 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
