Question for GATE Past Year Questions: Fluid Properties
Try yourself:The SI unit of kinematic viscosity v is [2001]
Explanation
Kinematic Viscosity:


= m2/s
Question for GATE Past Year Questions: Fluid Properties
Try yourself:Kinematic viscosity of air at 20°C is given to be 1.6 × 10–5 m2/s. Its kinematic viscosity at 70°C will be varying approximately [1999]
Explanation
Viscosity of gas increases with increasing temperature.
Question for GATE Past Year Questions: Fluid Properties
Try yourself:Assuming constant temperature condition and air to be an ideal gas, the variation in atmospheric pressure with height calculated from fluid statics is [2016 Set-2]
Question for GATE Past Year Questions: Fluid Properties
Try yourself:For a Newtonian fluid [2006]
Explanation
For a Newtonian fluid, shear stress is proportional to rate of shear strain.
Question for GATE Past Year Questions: Fluid Properties
Try yourself: If P is the gauge pressure within a spherical droplet, then gauge pressure within a bubble of the same fluid and of same size will be [1999]
Explanation
P = Gauge pressure within a spherical droplet

Question for GATE Past Year Questions: Fluid Properties
Try yourself:The dimension of surface tension is [1996]
Explanation
Surface tension (σ)

Question for GATE Past Year Questions: Fluid Properties
Try yourself:A fluid is one which can be defined as a substance that [1996]
Question for GATE Past Year Questions: Fluid Properties
Try yourself:A fluid is said to be Newtonian fluid when the shear stress is [1995]
Explanation
Newtonian fluid obeys Newton's law of viscosity.