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Hydraulics Questions Set 3:

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The Reynolds number for turbulent flow is?

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Calculate the section factor of a triangular channel section having side slope 1H:4V and depth of 8 m.

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When the Mach number is less than unity, the flow is called

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What are the three basic principles of fluid mechanics?

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The strength of a hydraulic jump is indicated by:

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The discharge and velocity of water in a rectangular channel are 75 m3/s and 5 m/s respectively. If the hydraulic depth is 3 m, calculate the hydraulic radius.

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A 4m wide rectangular channel, having bed slope of 0.001 carries a discharge of 16 m3/s. Considering Manning’s roughness coefficient = 0.012 and g = 10 m/s2, the category of the channel slope is

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A hydraulic jump takes place in a triangular channel of vertex angle 90o, as shown in figure. The discharge is 1m3/s and the pre-jump depth is 0.5m. What will be the post jump depth?

(Take g = 9.81 m/s2)

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In a Pelton wheel, if the outlet velocity angle of the jet is 90 degrees (right-angled), what is the outlet whirl velocity of the jet?

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A horizontal jet of water with its cross-sectional area of 0.0028 m2 hits a fixed vertical plate with a velocity of 5 m/s. After impact the jet splits symmetrically in a plane parallel to the plane of the plate. The force of impact (in N) of the jet on the plate is

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