KARPAGAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

COIMBATORE-641 105
B.E. AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
CONTINIOUS ASSESMENT TEST 1
CE 6451/FLUID MECHANICS AND MACHINERY
Year : II
Date & Session :

Semester : III
Maximum Marks : 30
Part A
(Answer All Questions)

(15 x 2 = 30 Marks)

1. What do you mean by surface tension?

2. How are fluid flows classified?
3. List the assumptions which are made while deriving Bernoullis equation.
4. What is meant by vapour pressure of a fluid?
5. Classify fluid mechanics.
6. Distinguish between mass density and weight density.
7. Define compressibility of a fluid.
8. Calculate the height of capillary rise for water in a glass tube of diameter 1mm.
9. Define specific viscosity.
10. Define Newtons law of viscosity.
11. Write the continuity equation.
12. Write Hagen-Poiseuille equation for laminar flow.
13. What is cavitation? What causes it?
14. What is Hydraulic Gradient Line and Energy Gradient Line?
15. Differentiate between kinematic viscosity of liquids and gases with respect to temperature.