Mechanical Engineering
GATE ME topic:manufacturing PYQs
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Question 6
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For steady flow of a viscous incompressible fluid through a circular pipe of constant diameter, the average velocity in the fully developed region is constant. Which one of the following statements about the average velocity in the developing region is TRUE?
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A mass
is attached to two identical springs having spring constant
as shown in the figure

. The natural frequency
of this single degree of freedom system isYour answerChoose one option.
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Consider the two-dimensional velocity field given by
, where
,
,
and
are constants. Which one of the following conditions needs to be satisfied for the flow to be incompressible?Your answerChoose one option.
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The state of stress at a point is
and
. The maximum normal stress (in MPa) at that point is __________Log in to check the answer
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Water (density = 1000 kg/m
) at ambient temperature flows through a horizontal pipe of uniform cross section at the rate of 1 kg/s. If the pressure drop across the pipe is 100 kPa, the minimum power required to pump the water across the pipe, in watts, is ______Log in to check the answer
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For a loaded cantilever beam of uniform cross-section, the bending moment (in N·mm) along the length is
, where
is the distance (in mm) measured from the free end of the beam. The magnitude of shear force (in N) in the cross-section at
is __________Log in to check the answer
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Which one of the following is NOT a rotating machine?
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A cantilever beam of length
and flexural modulus
is subjected to a point load
at the free end. The elastic strain energy stored in the beam due to bending (neglecting transverse shear) isYour answerChoose one option.
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Saturated steam at 100°C condenses on the outside of a tube. Cold fluid enters the tube at 20 °C and exits at 50 °C. The value of the Log Mean Temperature Difference (LMTD) is ______ °C.
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A steel bar is held by two fixed supports as shown in the figure

and is subjected to an increase of temperature
. If the coefficient of thermal expansion and Young’s modulus of elasticity of steel are
and
, respectively, the magnitude of thermal stress (in MPa) induced in the bar is __________Log in to check the answer
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