3022 Oct-2019
3022 Oct-2019
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DIPLOMA EXAMINATION IN
ENGINEERING/TECHNOLOGY/
MANAGEME'NT/COMMERCIAL PRACTICE OCTOBER, 2019
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FLUID MECHANICS AND PNEUMATICS
flime: 3 hours
(Maximum marks : 100)
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PART A
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(Ma.rimum mar*s : l0)
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Marks
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I Answer c// questions in one or two sentences. Each question carries 2 marks.
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PART B
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il Answer any -five of the following questions. Each question carries 6 marks.
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PART C
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(Ma:dmum marks : 60)
(Answer one fiJil question from each unit. Each full question carries 15 marks.)
UNrr I
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m (d galculate the specific weight, mass density and specific gxavity of a liquid
having a volume of 5 cubic meter and weighing 40 KN. 7
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connecb.two pressure pipes A and B. The pipe
A contains carbon tetrachloride having a specific gravity 1.6 under a pressure
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of 130 KPa. The pipe B contains oil of sp.gravity 0.7 under a pressure of
220 YtPa. The Pipe A lies 3m above pipe B. Find the difference in mercury
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"level in the manometers when assuming the left limb mercury level is coinciding
with the cenfe of the pipe B.
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V (a) Explain pitot tube. C
(b) A venfirimeter
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is placed in a horizontal pipe of 60 mm diameter through which
water is flowing. The diameter of the throat is 30 mm. Determine the discharge
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through the pipe in liters per minute when the venturi head is 450 mm of water.
Take Ca = 0'98'
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u (a) Explain the loss of head in pipes. 7
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(b) A prpe 600m long is conveying water with a velocity of 1.3 m/s. Find the
suitable diameter of the pipe, if the loss of head due to friction is 3.5 m.
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Take f : 0.01. 8
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x (a) Explain Air filten. 7