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V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MODEL EXAM

SUB: FLUID MECHANICS AND MACHINERY YEAR/SEM: II/III PART-A (Answer all questions)

DATE: 01/11/12 DURATION: 3 Hrs. 10 x 2 = 20

1. Define fluid mechanics? 2. What is mean by reciprocating pump? 3. Write down Bernoullis equation in terms of two cross sectional area? 4. Write down formula for discharge through venturimeter? 5. Determine dimension for Angular acceleration? 6. Determine dimension for Kinematic viscosity? 7. Write the formula for Darcy-weisbach equation? 8. What are the losses experienced by a fluid when it is passing through a pipe? 9. What are the main components of pelton turbine? 10. What are the main components of centrifugal pump?

PART-B (Answer all questions)

165=80

1.(A)(i). A double acting reciprocating pump running at 40rpm,is discharging1.0m3/min of water ,pump as a stroke length of 400mm.Thediameter of the piston is 200mm.The delivery and suction heads are 20m and 5m respectively. Find the slip of the pump and power required to drive the pump. (12) (ii).What is the difference between single acting and double acting pump? (4) (OR) (B)(i).A double acting reciprocating pump ,running at 50rpm is discharging 900 liters of water per minute. The pump has a stroke of 400mm.The diameter of piston is 250mm.The delivery and suction heads are 25m and 4m respectively. Find the slip of the pump and power required to drive the pump. (12) (ii).write down the formula of work done, power, discharge and slip for double acting reciprocating pump? (4) 2.(A) The inlet and throat diameters of a horizontal venturimeter are 30 cm and 10 cm respectively. The liquid flowing through the meter is water. The pressure intensity at inlet 13.73 N/cm2 while the vacuum pressure head at the throat is 37cm of mercury. Find the rate of flow . Assume that 4% of the differential head is lost between the inlet and throat. Find coefficient of discharge value for venturimeter? (16) (OR) (B) A 45 degree reducing bend is connected in a pipe line, the diameters at the inlet and throat of the bend being 600mm and 300mm respectively. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant force, if pressure intensity at inlet to bend is 8.829 N/cm2 and rate of flow of water is 600 lits/sec. (16)

3. Using Buckinghams theorem, Express efficiency in terms of dimensionless parameters, where efficiency( ) of a fan depends on density( ),dynamic viscosity( )of a fluid, angular velocity( ) of the fluid, diameter( ) of the rotor and the discharge( ). (16) 4.(A) Draw the Total energy line and Hydraulic gradient line for the following problem, Determine the rate of flow through a pipe of diameter 20cm and length 50m when one end of the pipe is connected to the tank and other end of the pipe is open to the atmosphere. The pipe is horizontal and the height of the water in the tank is 4m above the centre of the pipe. Consider all minor losses and take f=0.009. (16) (OR) (B) Three reservoirs A, B and C are connected by a pipe system. The length of the pipes 1, 2 and 3 are 1200m, 600m, 800m and diameter of the pipes are 30cm, 20cm and 30cm respectively. Find the discharge into and from the reservoirs B and C if the rate of flow from reservoir A is 60 lits/sec. Find the height of the water level in the reservoir C. The height of water level in reservoir A and B are 40 m and 38 m respectively. Take f= 0.006 for all pipes. (16) 5.(A) Draw and explain principle and working of pelton turbine? (OR) (B) Draw and explain principle and working of Centrifugal pump? (16) (16)