Derive an expression for velocity of sound for an adiabatic process.

Differentiate NPSH and NPSHR.

The space between two square flat parallel plates filled with oil. Each side of the plate is 720 mm. The thickness of the oil film is 15 mm. The upper plate which moves at 3 m/s requires a ...Read more

Derive an expression for Bernoulli’s equation, explain the each term in it and also state the assumptions made.

An inverted U-tube manometer is connected to two horizontal pipes A and B through which water is flowing. The vertical distance between the axes of these pipes is 30 cm. when an oil of specific gravity 0.8 is ...Read more

A 40 cm diameter pipe, conveying water, branches into two pipes of diameter 30 cm and 20 cm respectively. If the average velocity in the 40 cm diameter pipe is 3 m/sec, find the discharge in this pipe. ...Read more

What are the different types of losses occurring in the pipe, how these can be calculated.

Determine the mass flow rate, mass velocity and the volumetric flow rate of the fluid flowing in a pipe of 40 mm inside diameter, velocity of the water flowing through the pipe is 0.5 m/s, and the density ...Read more

What are the stagnation properties? Explain with the help of formulae.

Find the Mach number when an aeroplane is flying at 1100 km/hr through still air having a pressure of 7 N/cm2 and temperature -50C, wind velocity may be taken as zero. Take R = 287.14 J/kg. K. Calculate ...Read more