Code No: R05210202 R05 Set No.

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II B.Tech I Semester Examinations,December 2011
FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULIC MACHINERY
Electrical And Electronics Engineering
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks

1. (a) Compare in a table form
i. Run of river plants
ii. Storage plants and
iii. Pumped storage plants.
Explain the elements of run of river plants with neat sketches.
(b) The following particulars pertain to a hydro power plant. What is the power
potential.Net available head = 40 m , Catchment area = 500 Km
2
, Yearly
rainfall = 180 cm,Rainfall utilization rate = 75% , Turbine eciency = 90%,Gen-
erator eciency = 89%. [8+8]
2. (a) Identify a point in centrifugal pump where negative pressure is present? What
are the components of a centrifugal pump? Draw a neat sketch and explain.
(b) Dene and discuss
i. Acceleration head
ii. Slip
iii. Air Vessel and
iv. Indicator diagram of reciprocating pump. [8+8]
3. (a) State the Newtons law of viscosity and give examples of its applications?
(b) Calculate the capillary rise in a glass tube of 3.0 mm diameter when immersed
vertically in (a) Water and (b) mercury. Take surface tensions for mercury
and water as 0.0725 N/m and 0.52 N/m. respectively in contact with air.
Specic gravity for mercury is give as 13.6. [8+8]
4. Dierentiate the following with suitable examples:
(a) Steady and Unsteady ow.
(b) Uniform and Non-Uniform ow.
(c) Laminar and Turbulent ow.
(d) Rotational and Irrotational ow. [4+4+4+4]
5. (a) What is an axial ow turbine? What are its parts? Explain with sketches.
(b) Derive the equation for work done on the runner of an axial ow turbine from
fundamentals. [6+10]
6. (a) Derive an expression for head loss due to sudden enlargement of a pipe
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(b) An oil of specic gravity 0.85 and viscosity 5CP ows through a pipe of di-
ameter 400mm at the rate of 50 lit/sec. Find the head lost in friction in this
pipe of length 1000Km. Assume that f = 0.079/R
N
where R
N
is Reynolds
Number. [8+8]
7. (a) Dene unit discharge and derive the equation for the same. What are its uses?
How is it dierent from specic speed of a turbine?
(b) What are the characteristic curves of turbines? What are their types? Give
the practical applications of the curves. [8+8]
8. (a) Derive the expressions for force and work done per second by the jet when it
strikes a at vertical plate moving in the direction of the jet and away from
the jet.
(b) A jet of water of 75mm diameter strikes a curved vane at its center with a
velocity of 20m/sec. The curved vane is moving with a velocity of 8m/sec in
the direction of jet. Find the force exerted on the plate in the direction of the
jet power and eciency of the jet. Assume the plate to be smooth. [8+8]

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Code No: R05210202 R05 Set No. 4
II B.Tech I Semester Examinations,December 2011
FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULIC MACHINERY
Electrical And Electronics Engineering
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks

1. Dierentiate between with suitable examples:
(a) Steady and Unsteady ow.
(b) Uniform and Non-Uniform ow.
(c) Laminar and Turbulent ow.
(d) Rotational and Irrotational ow. [4+4+4+4]
2. (a) What is an axial ow turbine? What are its parts? Explain with sketches.
(b) Derive the equation for work done on the runner of an axial ow turbine from
fundamentals. [6+10]
3. (a) Identify a point in centrifugal pump where negative pressure is present? What
are the components of a centrifugal pump? Draw a neat sketch and explain.
(b) Dene and discuss
i. Acceleration head
ii. Slip
iii. Air Vessel and
iv. Indicator diagram of reciprocating pump. [8+8]
4. (a) Compare in a table form
i. Run of river plants
ii. Storage plants and
iii. Pumped storage plants.
Explain the elements of run of river plants with neat sketches.
(b) The following particulars pertain to a hydro power plant. What is the power
potential.Net available head = 40 m , Catchment area = 500 Km
2
, Yearly
rainfall = 180 cm,Rainfall utilization rate = 75% , Turbine eciency = 90%,Gen-
erator eciency = 89%. [8+8]
5. (a) Derive an expression for head loss due to sudden enlargement of a pipe
(b) An oil of specic gravity 0.85 and viscosity 5CP ows through a pipe of di-
ameter 400mm at the rate of 50 lit/sec. Find the head lost in friction in this
pipe of length 1000Km. Assume that f = 0.079/R
N
where R
N
is Reynolds
Number. [8+8]
6. (a) State the Newtons law of viscosity and give examples of its applications?
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(b) Calculate the capillary rise in a glass tube of 3.0 mm diameter when immersed
vertically in (a) Water and (b) mercury. Take surface tensions for mercury
and water as 0.0725 N/m and 0.52 N/m. respectively in contact with air.
Specic gravity for mercury is give as 13.6. [8+8]
7. (a) Dene unit discharge and derive the equation for the same. What are its uses?
How is it dierent from specic speed of a turbine?
(b) What are the characteristic curves of turbines? What are their types? Give
the practical applications of the curves. [8+8]
8. (a) Derive the expressions for force and work done per second by the jet when it
strikes a at vertical plate moving in the direction of the jet and away from
the jet.
(b) A jet of water of 75mm diameter strikes a curved vane at its center with a
velocity of 20m/sec. The curved vane is moving with a velocity of 8m/sec in
the direction of jet. Find the force exerted on the plate in the direction of the
jet power and eciency of the jet. Assume the plate to be smooth. [8+8]

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Code No: R05210202 R05 Set No. 1
II B.Tech I Semester Examinations,December 2011
FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULIC MACHINERY
Electrical And Electronics Engineering
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks

1. Dierentiate between with suitable examples:
(a) Steady and Unsteady ow.
(b) Uniform and Non-Uniform ow.
(c) Laminar and Turbulent ow.
(d) Rotational and Irrotational ow. [4+4+4+4]
2. (a) Derive an expression for head loss due to sudden enlargement of a pipe
(b) An oil of specic gravity 0.85 and viscosity 5CP ows through a pipe of di-
ameter 400mm at the rate of 50 lit/sec. Find the head lost in friction in this
pipe of length 1000Km. Assume that f = 0.079/R
N
where R
N
is Reynolds
Number. [8+8]
3. (a) Derive the expressions for force and work done per second by the jet when it
strikes a at vertical plate moving in the direction of the jet and away from
the jet.
(b) A jet of water of 75mm diameter strikes a curved vane at its center with a
velocity of 20m/sec. The curved vane is moving with a velocity of 8m/sec in
the direction of jet. Find the force exerted on the plate in the direction of the
jet power and eciency of the jet. Assume the plate to be smooth. [8+8]
4. (a) What is an axial ow turbine? What are its parts? Explain with sketches.
(b) Derive the equation for work done on the runner of an axial ow turbine from
fundamentals. [6+10]
5. (a) Dene unit discharge and derive the equation for the same. What are its uses?
How is it dierent from specic speed of a turbine?
(b) What are the characteristic curves of turbines? What are their types? Give
the practical applications of the curves. [8+8]
6. (a) Compare in a table form
i. Run of river plants
ii. Storage plants and
iii. Pumped storage plants.
Explain the elements of run of river plants with neat sketches.
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Code No: R05210202 R05 Set No. 1
(b) The following particulars pertain to a hydro power plant. What is the power
potential.Net available head = 40 m , Catchment area = 500 Km
2
, Yearly
rainfall = 180 cm,Rainfall utilization rate = 75% , Turbine eciency = 90%,Gen-
erator eciency = 89%. [8+8]
7. (a) State the Newtons law of viscosity and give examples of its applications?
(b) Calculate the capillary rise in a glass tube of 3.0 mm diameter when immersed
vertically in (a) Water and (b) mercury. Take surface tensions for mercury
and water as 0.0725 N/m and 0.52 N/m. respectively in contact with air.
Specic gravity for mercury is give as 13.6. [8+8]
8. (a) Identify a point in centrifugal pump where negative pressure is present? What
are the components of a centrifugal pump? Draw a neat sketch and explain.
(b) Dene and discuss
i. Acceleration head
ii. Slip
iii. Air Vessel and
iv. Indicator diagram of reciprocating pump. [8+8]

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Code No: R05210202 R05 Set No. 3
II B.Tech I Semester Examinations,December 2011
FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULIC MACHINERY
Electrical And Electronics Engineering
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks

1. (a) Compare in a table form
i. Run of river plants
ii. Storage plants and
iii. Pumped storage plants.
Explain the elements of run of river plants with neat sketches.
(b) The following particulars pertain to a hydro power plant. What is the power
potential.Net available head = 40 m , Catchment area = 500 Km
2
, Yearly
rainfall = 180 cm,Rainfall utilization rate = 75% , Turbine eciency = 90%,Gen-
erator eciency = 89%. [8+8]
2. Dierentiate between with suitable examples:
(a) Steady and Unsteady ow.
(b) Uniform and Non-Uniform ow.
(c) Laminar and Turbulent ow.
(d) Rotational and Irrotational ow. [4+4+4+4]
3. (a) State the Newtons law of viscosity and give examples of its applications?
(b) Calculate the capillary rise in a glass tube of 3.0 mm diameter when immersed
vertically in (a) Water and (b) mercury. Take surface tensions for mercury
and water as 0.0725 N/m and 0.52 N/m. respectively in contact with air.
Specic gravity for mercury is give as 13.6. [8+8]
4. (a) Derive an expression for head loss due to sudden enlargement of a pipe
(b) An oil of specic gravity 0.85 and viscosity 5CP ows through a pipe of di-
ameter 400mm at the rate of 50 lit/sec. Find the head lost in friction in this
pipe of length 1000Km. Assume that f = 0.079/R
N
where R
N
is Reynolds
Number. [8+8]
5. (a) What is an axial ow turbine? What are its parts? Explain with sketches.
(b) Derive the equation for work done on the runner of an axial ow turbine from
fundamentals. [6+10]
6. (a) Derive the expressions for force and work done per second by the jet when it
strikes a at vertical plate moving in the direction of the jet and away from
the jet.
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(b) A jet of water of 75mm diameter strikes a curved vane at its center with a
velocity of 20m/sec. The curved vane is moving with a velocity of 8m/sec in
the direction of jet. Find the force exerted on the plate in the direction of the
jet power and eciency of the jet. Assume the plate to be smooth. [8+8]
7. (a) Dene unit discharge and derive the equation for the same. What are its uses?
How is it dierent from specic speed of a turbine?
(b) What are the characteristic curves of turbines? What are their types? Give
the practical applications of the curves. [8+8]
8. (a) Identify a point in centrifugal pump where negative pressure is present? What
are the components of a centrifugal pump? Draw a neat sketch and explain.
(b) Dene and discuss
i. Acceleration head
ii. Slip
iii. Air Vessel and
iv. Indicator diagram of reciprocating pump. [8+8]

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