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22-Mec-A6 Fluid Machinery: December 2019

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  1. Question 1 Convergent–Divergent Nozzle — Normal Shock at the Exit Plane
  2. Question 2 Ideal Flow from a Radial Velocity Potential
  3. Question 3 Turbulent Flow through an Annular Pipe from a Reservoir
  4. Question 4 Combined Couette–Poiseuille Flow between Parallel Plates
  5. Question 5 Dimensional Analysis of the Pressure Drop at a Sudden Contraction
  6. Question 6 Integral Boundary Layer over a Moving Belt

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Paper format. National Exams — December 2019, 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. J.D. Anderson, Modern Compressible Flow, 3rd ed. (Q1); Kundu, Cohen & Dowling, Fluid Mechanics, 6th ed. and F.M. White, Fluid Mechanics, 8th ed. (Q2, Q5); F.M. White, Fluid Mechanics, 8th ed. (Q3); 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).