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5th Week - 2019 - Assignment - MOOC - Format PDF
5th Week - 2019 - Assignment - MOOC - Format PDF
QUESTION 1:
A two dimensional flow is described in the Lagrangian system as
x x0e kt y0 (1 e2kt ) and y y0ekt
The equation of path line of the particle will be
(a) x y0 y 2 x0 y0 y y03 0
(b) x y0 y 2 x0 y0 y02 0
(c) x x0 y 2 x0 y0 y y02 0
(d) x x0 y 2 x0 y0 y y03 0
Correct Answer: a
QUESTION 2:
A two-dimensional flow field has velocities along the x and y directions given by u x 2t
and v 2 xyt respectively, where t is time. The equation of streamline for the given
velocity field will be
(a) xy constant
(b) x2 y constant
(c) xy 2 constant
(d) x2 y 2 constant
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Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution:
The equation of a streamline in two-dimensional flow is
dx dy
u v
Substituting the x and y component of velocities in the equation of streamline, we have
dx dy
2
xt 2 xyt
dx dy
or, 2
x y
Integrating the above equation, one can write
2ln x ln y ln C
whereC is integration constant
ln x 2 y ln C
or, x2 y constant
The equation of streamline is x2 y constant
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QUESTION 3:
The velocity field in a fluid flow is given by
V x 2tiˆ 2 xytjˆ 2 yztkˆ
The acceleration of a fluid particle at (2,-1, 1) at t 1s will be
(a) 12iˆ 28 ˆj 6kˆ
(b) 12iˆ 28 ˆj 14kˆ
(c) 20iˆ 28 ˆj 6kˆ
(d) 20iˆ 28 ˆj 14kˆ
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution:
Acceleration is given by
DV V
a
Dt
t
V . V
V
x 2iˆ 2 xyjˆ 2 yzkˆ
Hence, t
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QUESTION 4:
Given an unsteady temperature field T xy z 3t K and unsteady velocity field
V xyi zj 5tk , what will be the rate of change of temperature of a particle at a
point 2, 2,1 at the time t=2s will be
(a) 3 K/s
(b) 1 K/s
(c) 4 K/s
(d) 23 K/s
Correct Answer: d
3 xy y z x 5t 1
3 xy 2 xz 5t K/s
The rate of change of temperature of a particle at a point (2,-2,1) at the time t=2s is
DT
3 2 2 2 1 5 2 =23 K/s
2
Dt 2,2,1
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QUESTION 6:
u v w
The condition 0 ( .V 0 , where V is the velocity vector)
x y z
Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution:
1 D
For incompressible flow, the rate of volumetric dilation per unit volume ( ) of a fluid
Dt
u v w
element in motion is zero. That is 0
x y z
u v w
Thus, the continuity equation 0 ( .V 0 , where V is the velocity vector)is
x y z
valid for incompressible flows both for steady and unsteady flow.
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QUESTION 7:
Streamline, pathline and streakline are always identical when
(a) the flow is uniform
(b) the flow is steady
(c) the flow velocities do not change steadily with time
(d) the flow is unsteady but uniform
Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution: Streamline, pathline and streakline are always identical when the flow is
steady.
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QUESTION 8:
V
The material acceleration ( a V V ) is always zero for a
t
(a) steady flow
(b) steady and uniform flow
(c) unsteady and uniform flow
(d) unsteady and non-uniform flow.
Correct Answer: b
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Detailed Solution:
The material acceleration is always zero for a steady and uniform flow.
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QUESTION 9:
A Pitot-static probe can often be seen protruding from the underside of an airplane (as shown in
figure). As the airplane flies, the probe measures relative wind speed. This measurement
process (relative to the aeroplane) is
Detailed Solution:
Relative to the airplane, the probe is fixed and the air flows around it. We are not following
individual fluid particles as they move. Instead, we are measuring a field variable at a particular
location in space relative to the moving airplane. Thus this is an Eulerian measurement.
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QUESTION 10:
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In a Lagrangian description, the position of a fluid particle in a flow is described as x x0e kt and
y y0ekt where t is the time while x0 , y0 , are position of the particle at t 0 and k is a
constant. In Eulerian description the flow is
(a) unsteady but depends on the initial location
(b) steady
(c) cannot be ascertained
(d) unsteady
Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution:
For steady flow the velocity components have to be independent of time. Now in the Lagrangian
description the velocity components are:
dx
Here u p x0 (k )e kt and
dt
dy
vp y0 (k )e kt .
dt
(u p , v p ) basically describes a pathline.
QUESTION 11:
The flow field in the previous problem is
(a) incompressible and irrotational
(b) compressible and irrotational
(c) compressible and rotational
(d) incompressible and rotational
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Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution:
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QUESTION 12:
For a two dimensional incompressible flow field given by u A( xiˆ yjˆ) , where A 0 , which
Detailed Solution:
dx dy
Streamline equation is
u v
dx dy
or
Ax Ay
dx dy
or,
x y
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QUESTION 13:
x ˆ y ˆj . Now identify the
For a 2-D flow, the velocity field is u i 2
x y
2 2
x y2
( y x )
(iv) z-component of acceleration is, ax .
( x 2 y 2 )2
(a) (1)
(b) (2) and (3)
(c) (3)
(d) (1) and (2)
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution:
x y
. u , v 2
x y
2 2
x y2
Clearly the flow field is steady. Thus it will only have the spatial components of acceleration and no
temporal component.
u u x
Hence ax u v 2
x y ( x y 2 )2
v v y
and a y u v 2
x y ( x y 2 )2
u v 2 x 2 1 2 y 2 1
Now 2 2 2 2 0 . Thus incompressible.
x y ( x y ) ( x y ) ( x y ) ( x y 2 )
2 2 2 2 2
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QUESTION 14:
An idealized incompressible flow has the proposed three-dimensional velocity distribution
V 2 xy 2iˆ f ( y) ˆj zy 2 kˆ . What will be the appropriate form of the function f ( y) which
satisfies the incompressibility condition?
(a) f ( y) 3 y3 constant
(b) f ( y) 2 y constant
(c) f ( y) y 3 constant
y3
(d) f ( y ) constant
3
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution:
u v w
Incompressibility: 0
x y z
df
2 y 2 y2 0
dy
df
or , 3y2
dy
or , f y 3 constant
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QUESTION 15:
b
The velocity components of a flow in polar components are given as Vr k cos( ) 1 and
r2
b
V k sin( ) 1 2 . The flow field will be
r
1 1 f
(rf r ) .
r r r
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Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution:
1 1 V
(rVr ) 0
r r r
Plugging in the given expressions for velocity components in the above equation, we see that the
incompressibility condition is satisfied. Hence the flow field will be steady and incompressible.
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