GATE ME · 2026 · ME
Question 53: Fluid Mechanics
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Question 53
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Water with a density of 1000 kg/m³ comes out of an industrial condenser through a horizontal pipe of 15 cm radius at the flow rate of 4.5 m³/min. The outlet of the pipe is connected to a coaxial diffuser of 0.5 m length using a flange to raise the pressure of water to atmospheric condition without any backflow. The inner radius (
, in m) of the diffuser cross-section is expressed as
where,
represents the axial distance of the diffuser in m, from its inlet. Considering frictionless flow, the magnitude of the force exerted by the diffuser on the flange is ______ N (rounded off to 2 decimal places).Log in to check the answer
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GATE ME 2026 · Paper 1
Mechanical Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Mechanical Engineering
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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