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A water jet discharging from a 4 cm diameter orifice has a diameter of 3.5 cm at its vena contracta. The coefficient of velocity is defined as the ratio of the actual velocity of the jet at vena contracta to the theoretical velocity of the jet. If the coefficient of velocity is 0.98, the coefficient of discharge for the orifice will be __________ (rounded off to two decimal places).

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2021ES

GATE ES 2021 · Paper 1

Environmental Science and Engineering · Original paper archive

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Environmental Science and Engineering
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Numerical answer (NAT)
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1 mark

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