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22-Mec-A6 Fluid Machinery: May 2018

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  1. Question 1 Convergent–Divergent Nozzle with an Exit Shock
  2. Question 2 Ideal Radial Flow from a Velocity Potential
  3. Question 3 Adiabatic Constant-Area Duct with Friction (Fanno Flow)
  4. Question 4 Gravity-Driven Laminar Flow in an Annulus with One Free-Slip Wall
  5. Question 5 Dimensional Analysis of 2D Creeping-Flow Drag
  6. Question 6 Laminar Boundary Layer in a Favourable Pressure Gradient (Momentum Integral)

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Paper format. National Exams — May 2018, 16-Mec-A6 Advanced Fluid Mechanics. Open book, 3 hours. Six questions; any five (100 marks) constitute a complete paper, each worth 20 marks. All six are solved here.

Reference texts. Anderson, Modern Compressible Flow, 3rd ed. (Q1, Q3); F.M. White, Fluid Mechanics, 8th ed. and Kundu, Cohen & Dowling, Fluid Mechanics, 6th ed. (Q2, Q5); F.M. White, Viscous Fluid Flow, 3rd ed. (Q4, Q6); Schlichting & Gersten, Boundary-Layer Theory, 8th ed. (Q6); Fox & McDonald, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 10th ed. (general).