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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


BE - SEMESTER–III (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2017
Subject Code: 2130502 Date:21/11/2017
Subject Name: Fluid Flow Operation
Time: 10:30 AM to 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.

MARKS

Q.1 (a) What are fluid statics and its importance? 03


(b) Define: Fluid, Mass velocity and State physical significance of Reynolds 04
number.
(c) Derive hydrostatic equilibrium equation for centrifugal decanter with a neat 07
sketch of the decanter.

Q.2 (a) Define Compressible and Incompressible flow with examples. 03


(b) Explain the Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids with suitable figure and 04
examples.
(c) Derive Bernoulli’s equation for the flow with pump work done on the system. 07
OR
(c) The temperature of the earth's atmosphere drops about 5° C for every year 07
1000m of elevation above the earth's surface. if the air temperature at ground
level 15° C absolute the pressure is 760 mm hg. At what elevation is the
pressure is 380 mm hg? Assume that air behaves as an ideal gas.
Q.3 (a) Discuss drag force, drag coefficient and hindered settling velocity. 03
(b) What is meant by time dependent and time independent fluid? Classify the 04
same with suitable examples.
(c) A pump delivers water from a holding tank at atmospheric pressure (101.325 07
KPa) to a process equipment at 450 KPa at a flowrate of 6.2 l/s. The process
equipment is located 10 m higher than the holding tank. Calculate the power
requirement of the pump if its efficiency is 70 % and if the fluid friction and
changes in the kinetic energy are negligible.

OR

Q.3 (a) Explain formation of boundary layers over a flat plate. 03


(b) What is Mach number? Give its significance for the application of mach 04
number for compressible?
(c) Derive equation for shear stress distribution in a cylindrical tube. Also derive 07
relation between skin friction and wall shear.
Q.4 (a) Define hydraulic radius and write down the formula for the equivalent 03
diameter.

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(b) Describe the friction losses with different joints and due to pipe fitting with the 04
application of Bernoulli’s equation?
(c) Explain the construction and working of venturimeter with the help of a neat 07
sketch.
OR
Q.4 (a) What is fluidization? Write down Ergun’s equation. 03
(b) Derive Hagen-Poiseuille equation for laminar flow from average velocity. 04
(c) Discuss Rayleigh Method for the application of dimensional analysis to fluid 07
flow:
For the flow of fluid through long,straight and circular pipe,the pressure
drop/loss due to friction depends upon the following variables like diameter of
pipe ,length of pipe,velocity of fluid,density of fluid and viscosity of
fluid.Obtain the relationship between pressure drop and the variables.ΔP = ψ
(D,µ,ρ,u,L).
Q.5 (a) Define the following terms: viscosity, cavitation, pumps. 03
(b) Derive the equation for developed head and power requirement for pumps. 04
(c) Write a short note on blowers and compressors. 07
OR
Q.5 (a) Describe the working of check valves, butterfly valve and needle valve. 03
(b) Discuss the working of centrifugal pump in details. 04
(c) Explain vacuum pumps and jet ejectors (with the help of a diagram). 07

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