Recent questions in Fluid Mechanics

A venturimeter, having a diameter of $7.5$ cm at the throat an $15$ cm at the enlarged end, is installed in a horizontal pipeline of $15$ cm diameter. The pipe carries an...

A horizontal jet of water with its cross-sectional area of $0.0028 \: m^2$ hits a fixed vertical plate with a velocity of $5$ m/s. After impact, the jet splits symmetrica...

Three rigid buckets, shown as in the figures $(1)$, $(2)$, and $(3)$, are of identical heights and base areas. Further, assume that each of these buckets have negligible ...

An incompressible fluid is flowing at a steady rate in a horizontal pipe. From a section, the pipe divides into two horizontal parallel pipes of diameters $d_1$ and $d_2$...

The dimension for kinematic viscosity is$\dfrac{L}{MT} \\$$\dfrac{L}{T^2} \\$$\dfrac{L^2}{T} \\$$\dfrac{ML}{T}$

An incompressible homogeneous fluid is flowing steadily in a variable diameter pipe having the large and small diameters as $15$ cm and $5$ cm, respectively. If the velo...

For a two dimensional flow field, the stream function $\psi$ is given as $\psi = \dfrac{3}{2}(y^2-x^2)$. The magnitude of discharge occurring between the stream lines pas...

Group-I contains dimensionless parameters and Group-II contains the ratios.$\begin{array}{ll} \text{Group I} & \text{Group II} \\ \text{P. Mach Number} & \text{1. Ratio o...

The circular water pipes shown in the sketch are flowing full. The velocity of flow (in m/s) in the branch pipe “R” is$3$$4$$5$$6$

A three-fluid system (immiscible) is connected to a vacuum pump. The specific gravity values of the fluids ($S_1, \: S_2$) are given in the figure.The gauge pressure valu...

A closed tank contains $0.5$ m thick layer of mercury (specific gravity $=13.6$) at the bottom. A $2.0$ m thick layer of water lies above the mercury layer. A $3.0$ m thi...

Bernoulli's equation is applicable forviscous and compressible fluid flowinviscid and compressible fluid flowinviscid and incompressible fluid flowviscous and incompressi...

A flow field is given by $u=y^2, \: v=-xy, \: w=0$. Value of the z-component of the angular velocity (in radians per unit time, up to two decimal places) at the point $(0...