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22-Mec-A6 Fluid Machinery: May 2017

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  1. Question 1 Blowdown of a Pressurised Canister through a Convergent–Divergent Valve
  2. Question 2 Forces on a Discharge Pipe near a Tank Bed (Potential Flow)
  3. Question 3 Reaction Force on a Flanged Reducing Bend
  4. Question 4 Step (Rayleigh) Bearing — Lubrication Theory
  5. Question 5 Dimensional Analysis of a Sudden Contraction
  6. Question 6 Drag of a Plate Immersed in a Turbulent Boundary Layer

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Paper format: National Exams – May 2017, 16-Mec-A6 Advanced Fluid Mechanics. Open book, 3 hours. Six questions of equal value (20 marks); any five constitute a complete paper. All six are solved here as a study resource.

Reference texts: Fox, Pritchard & McDonald, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 10th ed.; F. M. White, Fluid Mechanics, 8th ed.; J. D. Anderson, Modern Compressible Flow, 3rd ed. (Q1); I. G. Currie, Fundamental Mechanics of Fluids (Q2); Munson, Young & Okiishi, Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics (Q5).

Note on the subject. The 16-Mec-A6 sittings (2017–2019) are the Advanced Fluid Mechanics syllabus — compressible flow, potential flow, integral momentum, lubrication theory, dimensional analysis and boundary layers — a different exam from the 07-Mec-A6 pump/turbine papers.