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For pipes, laminar flow occurs when Reynolds number is
A Less than 2000
B Between 2000 and 4000
C More than 4000
D Less than 4000
Applying a pressure drop across a capillary results in a volumetric flow rate 'Q' under laminar flow conditions. The flow rate for the same pressure drop, in a capillary of the same length but half the radius is
A $$\frac{{\text{Q}}}{2}$$
B $$\frac{{\text{Q}}}{4}$$
C $$\frac{{\text{Q}}}{8}$$
D $$\frac{{\text{Q}}}{{16}}$$
The velocity at which the flow changes from laminar flow to turbulent flow is called
A Critical velocity
B Velocity of approach
C Sub-sonic velocity
D Super-sonic velocity
The depth ‘d’ below the free surface at which the point velocity is equal to the average velocity of flow for a uniform laminar flow with a free surface, will be (where D is the depth of flow)
A 0.423 D
B 0.577 D
C 0.223 D
D 0.707 D
Transition from laminar flow to turbulent flow in fluid flow through a pipe does not depend upon the
A Length of the pipe
B Diameter of the pipe
C Density of the fluid
D Velocity of the fluid
The ratio of average velocity to maximum velocity for steady laminar flow in circular pipes is
A $$\frac{1}{2}$$
B $$\frac{2}{3}$$
C $$\frac{3}{2}$$
D $$2$$
A tank is fitted with 8 pipes, some of them that fill the tank and others that are waste pipe meant to those that empty the tank can empty it in 6 hours. If all the pipes are kept open when the tank is full, it will take exactly 6 hours for the tank to empty. How many of these are these are fill pipes?
A 2
B 4
C 6
D 5
In convection heat transfer from hot flue gases to water tube, even though flow may be turbulent, a laminar flow region (boundary layer of film) exists close to the tube. The heat transfer through this film takes place by
A Convection
B Radiation
C Conduction
D Both convection and conduction
The most economical channel section for the fluid flow is the one for which the discharge is maximum for a given cross-sectional area. Vertical velocity distribution in an open channel for laminar flow can be assumed to be
A Parabolic
B Hyperbolic
C Straight line
D None of these
For the laminar flow of a fluid in a circular pipe of radius R, the Hagen-Poisseule equation predicts the volumetric flow rate to be proportional to
A R
B R2
C R4
D R0.5

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