Mechanical Engineering :: Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics
- The type of centrifugal pump preferred for a specific speed of 20 r.p.m. is
- A Pelton wheel develops 1750 kW under a head of 100 meters while running at 200 r.p.m. and discharging 2500 liters of water per second. The unit speed of the wheel is
- An orifice is said to be large, if
- A flow in which __________ force is dominating over the viscosity is called turbulent flow.
- Which of the following meters is not associated with viscosity?
- The maximum hydraulic efficiency of an impulse turbine is (where φ = Angle of blade tip at outlet)
- According to Darcy's formula, the loss of head due to friction in the pipe is (where f = Darcy's coefficient, l = Length of pipe, v = Velocity of liquid in pipe, and d = Diameter of pipe)
- A flow whose streamline is represented by a straight line, is called __________ dimensional flow.
- Which of the following pump is suitable for small discharge and high heads?
- Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to smallest possible area due to the