Fluid Mechanics-II

Assignment No-2

Question 1. Flow separation in a flow past a solid object is caused by

(A) A reduction of pressure to vapor pressure
(B) A negative pressure gradient
(C) A positive pressure gradient
(D) The boundary layer thickness reducing to zero. GATE-ME-2002
Question 2. If x is the distance measured from the leading edge of a flat plate, then laminar boundary layer
thickness varies as
(A) 1/x
(B)
(C)
(D) GATE-ME-2002
Question 4. Consider a laminar boundary layer over a heated flat plate. The free stream velocity is. At some
distance x from the leading edge the velocity boundary layer thickness is and the thermal boundary layer
thickness is . If the prandtl number is greater than 1, then
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D) ) GATE-ME-2003

Question 5. For air flow over a plate, velocity (U) and boundary layer thickness( ) can be expressed
respectively, as

If the free steam velocity is 2 m/s, and air has kinematic viscosity of 1.5 and density of 1.23 kg/
then wall shear stress at x=1m, is
(A) 2.36
(B) 43.6
(C) 4.36
(D) 2.18 GATE-ME-2004
Statement for Linked Answer Question
A smooth flat plate with a sharp leading edge is placed along a gas stream flowing at U=10 m/s. The thickness
of the boundary layer at section r-s=10 mm, the breadth of the plate is 1m (onto the paper) and the density of
thegas . Assume that the boundary layer is thin, two dimensional, and follows a linear velocity
distribution, , at the section r-s, where y is the height from plate.
Question 6. The mass flow rate (in kg/s) across the section q-r is
(A) Zero
(B) 0.05
(C) 0.10
(D) 0.15 GATE-ME-2006
Question 7. The integrated drag force (in N) on the plate, between p-s, is :
(A) 0.67
(B) 0.33
(C) 0.17
(D) Zero GATE-ME-2006
Question 8. A model of a hydraulic turbine is tested at head of 1/4th of that under which the full scale turbine
works. The diameter of the model is half of that of the full scale turbine. If N is the RPM of the full scale
turbine, the RPM of the model will be
(A) N/4
(B) N/2
(C) N
(D) 2N GATE-ME-2007
Question 9. Consider an incompressible laminar boundary layer flow over a flat plate of length of L, aligned
with the direction of an oncoming uniform free stream. If F is the ratio of the drag force on the front half of the
plate to the drag force on the rear half, then
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D) GATE-ME-2007
Question 12. An incompressible fluid flows over a flat with zero pressure gradient. The boundary layer
thickness is 1mm at a location where the Reynolds number is 1000. If the velocity of the fluid alone is increased
by a factor 4, then boundary layer thickness at the same location, in mm will be
(A) 4
(B) 2
(C) 0.5
(D) 0.25 GATE-ME-2010