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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 $$\frac{{\text{Q}}}{{16}}$$
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 velocity profile exhibited by laminar flow of Newtonion fluids is such that the velocity distribution w.r.t. radius of the circular pipe is a/an __________ with the apex at the centre line of the pipe.
A Hyperbola
B Parabola
C Semi-circle
D Semi-ellipse
The momentum correction factor for the velocity distribution of laminar flow is
A 1.3
B 1.66
C 2.5
D None of these
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
In free convection heat transfer transition from laminar to turbulent flow is governed by the critical value of the
A Reynold's number
B Grashoff's number
C Reynold's number, Grashoff's number
D Prandtl number, Grashoff's number
Critical value of the __________ number governs the transition from laminar to turbulent flow in free convection heat transfer.
A Grashoff
B Reynolds
C Both A & B
D Prandtl & Grashoff
The characteristic dimensionless groups for heat transfer to a fluid flowing through a pipe in laminar flow are
A Re.Gz
B Nu, Pr
C Nu, Pr, Re
D Nu, Gz

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