GATE AE · 2026 · AE
Question 46: Turbomachinery
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Question 46
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The figure below shows the velocity triangles at the inlet and outlet of the rotor of a low hub-to-tip ratio axial compressor at the mid-span of the blade. The absolute and relative velocities of the flow are denoted by C and W, respectively. The subscripts 1 and 2 refer to the locations before and after the rotor, respectively. The blade velocity is denoted by U. Select the CORRECT statement(s) for this device.
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2026AE
GATE AE 2026 · Paper 1
Aerospace Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Aerospace Engineering
- Question type
- Multiple select (MSQ)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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