A valve is suddenly closed in a water main in wl.ich the velocity is 1 m/sec and velocity of pressure wave is 981 m/ sec. The inertia head at the valve will be________________?

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1. In a two dimensional incompressible steady flow around an airfoil, the stream lines are 2 cm apart at a great distance from the airfoil, where the velocity is 30 m/sec. The velocity near the airfoil, where the stream lines are 1.5 cm apart, is_________________?

   A. 22.5 m/sec
   B. 33 m/sec
   C. 40 m/sec
   D. 90 m/sec

2. When time of closure tc = L/v0 (where L is length of pipe and v0 is speed of pressure wavE., the portion of pipe length subjected to maximum head is__________________?

   A. L/4
   B. L/3
   C. L/2
   D. L

3. An open tank contains 1 m deep water with 50 cm depth of oil of specific gravity 0.8 above it. The intensity of pressure at the bottom of tank will be________________?

   A. 4 kN/m2
   B. 10 kN/m2
   C. 12 kN/m2
   D. 14 kN/m2

4. If a sphere of diameter 1 cm falls in castor oil of kinematic viscosity 10 stokes, with a terminal velocity of 1.5 cm/sec, the coefficient of drag on the sphere is________________?

   A. less than 1
   B. between 1 and 100
   C. 160
   D. 200

5. A fluid of kinematic viscosity 0.4 cm2/sec flows through a 8 cm diameter pipe. The maximum velocity for laminar flow will be__________________?

   A. less than 1 m/sec
   B. 1 m/sec
   C. 1.5 m/sec
   D. 2 m/sec

6. The boundary layer thickness at a distance of l m from the leading edge of a flat plate, kept at zero angle of incidence to the flow direction, is O.l cm. The velocity outside the boundary layer is 25 ml sec. The boundary layer thickness at a distance of 4 m is__________________?

   A. 0.40 cm
   B. 0.20 cm
   C. 0.10 cm
   D. 0.05 cm

   Assume that boundary layer is entirely laminar

7. For a sphere of radius 15 cm moving with a uniform velocity of 2 m/sec through a liquid of specific gravity 0.9 and dynamic viscosity 0.8 poise, the Reynolds number will be_________________?

   A. 300
   B. 337.5
   C. 600
   D. 675

8. The horse power transmitted through a pipe is maximum when the ratio of loss of head due to friction and total head supplied is________________?

   A. 1/3
   B. 1/4
   C. 1/2
   D. 2/3

9. A closed tank containing water is moving in a horizontal direction along a straight line at a constant speed. The tank also contains a steel ball and a bubble of air. If the tank is decelerated horizontally, then________________?

   1. the ball will move to the front
   2. the bubble will move to the front
   3. the ball will move to the rear
   4. the bubble will move to the rear
   Find out which of the above statements are correct ?

   A. (1) and (2)
   B. (1)and(4)
   C. (2) and (3)
   D. (3) and (4)

10. The speed of a pressure wave through a pipe depends upon________________?

    A. the length of pipe
    B. the viscosity of fluid
    C. the bulk modulus for the fluid
    D. the original head