Fluid Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics
COURSE/YEAR/SECTION:
Fluid Mechanics
6. The fact that a fluid’s velocity increases as the cross-sectional area of the
pipe through which it flows decreases is due to ______.
A. Bernoulli’s equation B. the continuity equation
C. the momentum equation D. the perfect gas law
8. If the atmospheric pressure is 0.900 bar abs and a gage attached to a tank
reads 390 mm Hg vacuum, what is the absolute pressure within the tank?
A. 32.6 kPa B. 36.2 kPa
C. 31.8 kPa D. 38.1 kPa
9. Gauge pressure and absolute pressure differ from each other by:
A. The system of units B. Atmospheric pressure
C. The size of the gauge D. Nothing – they mean the same thing
11. Kinematic and dynamic viscosity vary from each other only by a factor equal
to the _____.
A. fluid density B. temperature
C. pressure D. specific gas constant
13. Ice in an iceberg has a sp. Gr. Of 0.922. When floating in seawater (sp. Gr.
1.03), its exposed volume % is nearest to:
A. 7.4 B. 8.9
C. 10.5 D. 11.8
14. Compressibility of a fluid relates the fractional change in fluid volume per
unit change in fluid _____.
A. temperature B. density
C. pressure D. viscosity
16. The statement that “the hydrostatic pressure of fluid exerts on an immersed
object or on container walls is a function only of fluid depth” is:
A. The perfect gas law B. D’Alembert’s paradox
C. The hydrostatic paradox D. Boyle’s law
17. Water flows through a long 1/2” i.d. hose at 3 gallons per minute. What is
the water velocity in ft/sec?
A. 1 B. 5
C. 10 D. 20
18. The locus of the elevations to which water will rise in a piezometer tube is
______.
A. stagnation pressure B. the energy gradient
C. the hydraulic gradient D. critical depth
19. Friction factor for both laminar and turbulent flows can be found plotted in
a ______.
A. steam table B. psychrometric chart
C. Moody diagram D. Mollier diagram
20. In fluid flow, if the fluid travels parallel to the adjacent layers and the
paths of individual particles do not cross, the flow is said to be _____.
A. laminar B. turbulent
C. critical D. dynamic
21. The difference between the energy grade line and the hydraulic grade line is
______.
A. potential energy B. pressure energy
C. kinetic energy D. friction losses
24. Absolute viscosity of a fluid varies with pressure and temperature and is
defined as a function of _____.
A. density and angular deformation rate
B. density, shear stress and angular deformation rate
C. density and shear stress
D. shear stress and angular deformation rate