Engineering Sciences
GATE XE year:2019 PYQs
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Questions 21–30 of 175. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 11
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Let
, where
and
is the circle
oriented counter clockwise. Then, the value of
rounded off to one decimal place is ________ .Log in to check the answer
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For stable equilibrium of a floating body, which one of the following statements is correct?
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If
and
are the velocity components in the
- and
-directions respectively, the
-component of vorticity
at a point in a flow field isYour answerChoose one option.
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In which one of the following devices the difference between static and total pressure is used to determine the flow velocity?
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A golf ball is dimpled to make the flow turbulent and consequently to reduce the drag. Turbulent flow reduces the drag on the golf ball because
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For a steady laminar incompressible boundary layer flow over a sharp-edged flat plate at zero incidence,
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The power input
to a centrifugal pump is a function of the volume flow rate
, impeller diameter
, rotational speed
, fluid density
, dynamic viscosity
, and surface roughness
. To carry out a dimensional analysis using Buckingham’s
theorem, which one of the following sets can be taken as the set of repeating variables?Your answerChoose one option.
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Consider the two-dimensional laminar flow of water (
) between two infinitely long parallel plates
apart as shown in the figure below. The velocity profile at any location is given by
where
is in m. The magnitude of shear stress (in
, rounded off to 2 decimal places) acting on the bottom plate is ________ 
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The maximum velocity in a fully developed laminar incompressible flow through a circular pipe of constant cross-sectional area is
. The average velocity (in m/s) of the flow is ________Log in to check the answer
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The theoretical discharge for the flow through an orificemeter is
. If the measured discharge in an experiment is
, then the discharge coefficient (rounded off to one decimal place) is ________Log in to check the answer
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