Mechanical Engineering - Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics

16.
The specific gravity has no units.
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17.
The depth of water in a channel corresponding to the minimum specific energy is known as critical depth.
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18.
The ratio of the inertia force to the gravity force is called Froude number.
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19.
Which of the following statement is wrong?
A flow whose streamline is represented by a curve, is called two dimensional flow.
The total energy of a liquid particle is the sum of potential energy, kinetic energy and pressure energy.
The length of divergent portion in a venturimeter is equal to the convergent portion.
A pitot tube is used to measure the velocity of flow at the required point in a pipe.
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20.
A vertically immersed surface is shown in the below figure. The distance of its centre of pressure from the water surface is
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