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Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines - Kinematics of Fluid Motion - Engineering Sciences Previous Year Questions

Practice Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines - Kinematics of Fluid Motion - Engineering Sciences previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

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Difficulty distribution

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Easy 58 61.7%
Medium 36 38.3%

Question type distribution

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MCQ 66 70.2%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 21 22.3%
MSQ 5 5.3%
Fill in the blanks 2 2.1%

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Engineering Sciences
94 Qs

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Kinematics of Fluid Motion
94 Qs

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Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
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Paper coverage

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Engineering Sciences (XE) 2026
4 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2025
6 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2024
4 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2023
4 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2022
4 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2021
3 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2020
5 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2019
4 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2018
6 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2017
6 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2016
3 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2015
5 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2014
6 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2013
3 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2012
5 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2011
4 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2010
4 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2009
5 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2008
6 Qs
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007
7 Qs

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Engineering Sciences (XE) 201920194View paper
Engineering Sciences (XE) 201820186View paper
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2007 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007

Consider a two-dimensional laminar boundary layer with a constant freestream velocity. For a fluid particle very close to the wall, the signs of the material acceleration components in directions parallel and perpendicular to the solid surface are, respectively

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2007 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007
Consider the mass balance equation \(\frac{\partial u}{\partial x} + \frac{\partial v}{\partial y} = 0\). The most appropriate set of conditions for this equation to hold good is:
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2007 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007
Given that temperature \(T(x,y)\) does not change along a streamline in a steady two-dimensional, incompressible flow, the equation of the streamline is obtained from
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2007 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007
For a two-dimensional incompressible irrotational flow, the x-component of velocity \( u = 2x + 3y \). The corresponding y-component of velocity is
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2007 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007
For a certain two-dimensional steady incompressible flow, the horizontal and vertical velocity components are given by \( u = 6y \), \( v = 0 \), where \( y \) is the vertical distance. The angular velocity and rate of shear strain respectively are
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2007 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007
In a steady two-dimensional incompressible flow, the stream function (\( \psi \)) obeys the equation \( \frac{\partial^2 \psi}{\partial x^2} + \frac{\partial^2 \psi}{\partial y^2} = 4 \). A solution of this equation is
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2007 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007
In terms of the Cartesian unit vectors î and ĵ, the velocity at the point (0,1) is given as
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2008 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2008

A fluid particle can accelerate

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2008 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2008

A fluid element is said to have vorticity with respect to a reference frame if in that reference frame

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2008 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2008

Which of the following statements is true?

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2008 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2008

Which of the following is a valid velocity field for an incompressible flow?

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2008 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2008

To an observer standing on the ground the velocity of a cyclist is 12 m/s in the horizontal direction and that of rain drops falling vertically down is 6 m/s. The magnitude of the velocity of the rain drops relative to the cyclist is

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2008 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2008
For a given location in a flow, the rate of change of density following a fluid particle \(\left( \frac{D\rho}{Dt} = \frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t} + u \frac{\partial \rho}{\partial x} + v \frac{\partial \rho}{\partial y} + w \frac{\partial \rho}{\partial z} \right)\), is 2.4 kg/(m³·s). If the density at that point is 1.2 kg/m³, then the divergence of the velocity field (\( \nabla \cdot \vec{V} \)) at that point is:
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2009 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2009

Stream function CANNOT be defined for

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2009 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2009
Which one of the following is an irrotational flow ?
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2009 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2009

Consider incompressible flow through a two-dimensional open channel. At a certain section A-A, the velocity profile is parabolic. Neglecting air resistance at the free surface, find the volume flow rate per unit width of the channel.

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2009 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2009

The given velocity field is

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2009 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2009
Common Data for Questions 21 and 22:
The velocity field for a two dimensional flow is given by: \(\vec{V}(x, y, t) = \frac{x}{t} \hat{i} - \frac{y}{t} \hat{j}\)
The total acceleration is
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2010 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2010
Let \( \phi \) and \( \psi \) represent, respectively, the velocity potential and stream function of a flow field of an incompressible fluid. Which of the following statements are TRUE?
P: \( \phi \) exists for irrotational flows only
Q: \( \psi \) exists for both irrotational and rotational flows
R: \( \phi \) exists for rotational flows only
S: \( \psi \) exists for both rotational and irrotational flows
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2010 · Engineering Sciences · Kinematics of Fluid Motion · Flow Descriptions, Derivatives and Flow Lines
Engineering Sciences (XE) 2010
The wind is blowing east - west at time \( t < T \), and switches to south - north at \( t = T \). At \( t > T \), which of the following curves represent streamlines?
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