GATE CH · 2026 · CH
Question 32: Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations
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Question 32
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Water is discharged from vertical side of a tank through a circular orifice of diameter 2 cm under laminar flow conditions. The water surface in the tank is maintained at constant level above the center of the orifice. If the fluid jet has a diameter of 1.6 cm at its vena contracta, then the coefficient of contraction is _____________ (rounded off to two decimal places).
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GATE CH 2026 · Paper 1
Chemical Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Chemical Engineering
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