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GATE XE concept:uniform-flow PYQs
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Question 34
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A two-dimensional source flow (with stream function,
) is placed at the origin in a uniform flow (with stream function,
). Here, the strength of the source is
and the freestream velocity is
. The velocity components
and
of the combined flow in
- and
-directions, respectively, areYour answerChoose one option.
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An inviscid steady incompressible flow is formed by combining a uniform flow with velocity
and a clockwise vortex of strength
at the origin, as shown in the figure. Velocity potential (
) for the combined flow in polar coordinate
is
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A two-dimensional flow field is described by a combination of a source of strength
at the origin and a uniform flow,
, in the positive
-direction such that the velocity potential is given by
The stagnation streamline is shown in the figure. Find the distance
. 
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Column I represents a list of elementary plane flows and Column II represents flow past geometry obtained by superposition of these elementary plane flows.
Column I
P: Source, Sink, Uniform flow
Q: Doublet, Uniform flow
R: Source, Uniform flow
S: Doublet, Free vortex, Uniform flow
Column II
1: Rankine half body
2: Rotating Cylinder
3: Rankine oval
4: Cylinder
The correct match between Columns I and II is,
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A uniform flow with a velocity of 2 m/s in the
-direction approaches a line source placed on the
-axis at a distance of 0.1 m from the origin. If the origin is the stagnation point in the resulting flow, the strength of the source (in
, rounded off to 2 decimal places) is ______.Log in to check the answer
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The inviscid flow past a rotating circular cylinder can be generated by the superposition of
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In a two-dimensional potential flow, a point source is located at the origin (
) as shown in the figure. The strength of the point source is 2 cm²/s. A uniform flow with velocity 1 cm/s is approaching towards the point source at an angle of 30° from the horizontal axis. What is the distance (cm) of the stagnation point in the flow field from the point source?
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