Name: ________________________ GATE Registration No: ME___________

Department of Mechanical Engineering

IIT Bombay

Entrance Exam Paper for M.Tech. (TFE and Nuclear Engg.)
Time Limit: 90 minutes
Monday: May 7, 2012
Note:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Maximum marks per question are given in the parenthesis.
3. In case of those who do not have calculators, answers may be simplified to the extent
possible.
4. Please write in the space provided after each problem and use the back side of the page if
necessary.

DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE

Question No. Marks
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
TOTAL


Question 1: Consider the boundary layer developing when an incompressible fluid flows over a
flat plate. The velocity profile within the boundary layer at any section x is given by
f V x V
o
) ( . For this problem,
3
2
1
2
3
f

and

y
. is the boundary layer
thickness at that location. With reference to the figure given below:

(a) Calculate the mass crossing AD, and
(b) Is there mass exchange across section CD? Justify.





[10 marks]
Solution:
Question 2: Two parallel pipeline of equal length L are connected to common headers at both
ends. Pipeline A has 50 mm inner diameter and Pipeline B has 25 mm inner diameter.
a. Draw a sketch of the pipelines and headers.
b. List assumptions required to solve the problem.
c. If the flow rate of a viscous fluid in Pipeline A is Q
A
=160 litres per minute, estimate the
flow rate of the same fluid through Pipeline B. Assume the flow in both pipes to be
laminar.
[10 marks]

Solution:



Question 3: The two power cycles shown in the figure below, on a T-s diagram are drawn to the
same scale. All processes are internally reversible.
a. For which case is the net work produced more?
b. Which cycle has a higher efficiency?
Show all work for full credit.






Case A Case B
[5 marks]

Solution:

T
S
T
S
Question 4: Moist air exists at a total pressure of 1 bar and at dry bulb temperature of 30C.
Relative humidity for this air is 50%.
a. Determine the dew point temperature. Represent the process on a psychrometric chart.
b. If this air, at 30
o
C and 50% RH, is adiabatically compressed to a pressure of 8 bar
determine the water that will condense out from the air stream.
c. Determine the moisture that will condense out if the compressed air is cooled back to
30
o
C while maintaining the pressure at 8 bar.

sat
vap
P
P
Humidity Rel.
Vapour pressure of water
30C 4.22 kN/m
2

24C 2.98 kN/m
2

18C 2.12 kN/m
2

12C 1.40 kN/m
2

[10 marks]

Solution:

Question 5: You have been given a large chamber with the objective of determining the
emissivity of a disc A. As part of the exercise, you have also been given a black body (disc B
with emissivity,
B
=1.0). Both the discs have the same surface area (A
s
) and are maintained at
exactly the same temperature (T
o
). Further, they experience the same ambient conditions (h, T

)
inside the chamber. However, the input power required to maintain each disc at the given
temperature is different and is measured as P
A
and P
B
respectively.

a. Perform an energy balance for each disc and relate the power supplied to the heat
removal rate.
b. Out of the two discs, which one will require higher input power to be maintained at the
desired temperature, T
o
. Why?
c. Derive an expression for the emissivity of the unknown disc i.e. . (You may assume
the view factor to be 1.0 between the disc and surroundings).
d. Justify the requirement of identical temperatures for both the discs for the calculation of
emissivity in part (c).

[15 marks]

Solution:


Question 6: The gap between two concentric spheres of radii a and b (a < b) respectively is
filled with a powder with thermal conductivity k. The inner surface of the inner sphere is
supplied with a constant heat flux q








a. Plot heat flux as a function of radial coordinate (r) under steady state conditions, giving
values of the heat flux at the two surfaces..
b. In the same plot as in part (a), show the heat flux as a function of radial coordinate (r) if
the steady state conditions have not reached?
Give reasons on your answer to part b.
[10 marks]
Solution:

k
b
a
Question 7: A non-linear equation is given as

x r y x q y x p
dx
dy

2
Eq (1)

The above equation can be converted to a linear equation by changing the dependent variable
from y(x) to u(x) according to
x u
x Y x y
1
. Y(x) is a particular solution of Equation (1).
The transformed equation can be expressed as x B u x A
dx
du
.

(a) What term in Equation 1 makes it non-linear?
(b) Determine x B x A and in the transformed equation.
[10 marks]

Solution:

Question 8: To evaluate the linear dependence / independence of n-functions
x u x u x u
n
....... .......... ,
2 1
- we evaluate the following determinant:




x u x u x u
x u x u x u
x u x u x u
x u x u x u
n n
n
n
n
1 - n
n
1
2
1
1
2 1
2 1
2 1
.......
......
.......
......
.......
.......
.......





where prime denotes differential with respect to x. The functions are linearly dependent if the
above determinant is zero; else the functions are linearly independent. Determine whether the
functions
ax
e and
bx
e (where a is not equal to b) are linearly dependent or linearly independent.
[5 marks]

Solution:



Question 9: Suppose
b
f x ax clnx
x

The function satisfies the following conditions:
0 1 f
0 1 f (second derivative) and

e
f
1
1 1

i. Determine the value of a, b, c
ii. Discuss the behavior of the function as 0 x
[15 marks]

Solution: