Mechanical Engineering
GATE ME year:2023 PYQs
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Questions 61–65 of 65. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 61
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Consider a mixture of two ideal gases, X and Y, with molar masses
and
, respectively, in a container. The total pressure in the container is 100 kPa, the total volume of the container is 10 m
and the temperature of the contents of the container is 300 K. If the mass of gas-X in the container is 2 kg, then the mass of gas-Y in the container is ____ kg. (Rounded off to one decimal place)Assume that the universal gas constant is 8314 J kmol
K
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The velocity field of a certain two-dimensional flow is given by
where
. The coordinates
and
are in meters. Assume gravitational effects to be negligible.If the density of the fluid is 1000 kg/m
and the pressure at the origin is 100 kPa, the pressure at the location (2 m, 2 m) is ____________ kPa.(Answer in integer)
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Consider a unidirectional fluid flow with the velocity field given by
where
. If the spatially homogeneous density field varies with time
as
the value of $u(2,1) is ______________. (Rounded off to two decimal places)
Assume all quantities to be dimensionless.
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The figure shows two fluids held by a hinged gate. The atmospheric pressure is
kPa. The moment per unit width about the base of the hinge is ____________ kN·m/m. (Rounded off to one decimal place)Take the acceleration due to gravity to be
. 
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An explosion at time
releases energy
at the origin in a space filled with a gas of density
. Subsequently, a hemispherical blast wave propagates radially outwards as shown in the figure.Let R denote the radius of the front of the hemispherical blast wave. The radius R follows the relation
, where k is a dimensionless constant. The value of exponent a is __________.(Rounded off to one decimal place)

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