25-Nav-B5 Marine Control Systems: May 2016

Paper format: National Examination 98-Mar-B5 Fluid Machinery, May 2016 — closed book, three hours, 60 marks. Section A is calculative (Q1–Q5) and Section B is descriptive (Q6–Q8); the rubric asks for four questions of Section A plus two of Section B (six questions, each of equal value, 10 marks). All eight questions are solved in full as a study resource. General constants supplied with the paper: g = 9.81 m/s², p_atm = 100 kPa, p_vapour = 2.34 kPa (20 °C), ρ_water = 1000 kg/m³, ρ_air = 1.21 kg/m³ (15 °C), c_p,air = 1.005, c_v,air = 0.718 kJ/kg·K.

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