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GATE Transport Phenomena and Rate Processes: Fluid flow and momentum transfer – Previous Year Questions

14 GATE previous year questions on Fluid flow and momentum transfer (Transport Phenomena and Rate Processes, Metallurgical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2021 MT Q34 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – Water flows over a finite plate. At distance x=x 1 from the leading edge, V x=0.5y-0.5y3. The boundary-layer thickness there is m (two decimal…
  2. GATE 2021 MT Q44 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Fully developed one-dimensional Newtonian flow in a horizontal pipe of radius R has v z=( P/L)(R2-r2)/(4). Here P=P 1-P 2, viscosity is , radial…
  3. GATE 2022 MT Q35 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A Newtonian incompressible liquid lies between parallel plates separated by 10-3 m, as shown. A shear stress of 5 Pa maintains upper-plate speed 2 m/s…
  4. GATE 2022 MT Q45 (2 marks, Multiple select) – A fixed nonrotating smooth sphere is in a horizontal, slow, steady inviscid incompressible stream of density . Far-field flow near O is fully…
  5. GATE 2023 MT Q15 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – For laminar fluid flow through a smooth circular tube, the relation between friction factor f and Reynolds number Re is
  6. GATE 2023 MT Q33 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A liquid of density 900 kg m-3 flows over a flat plate at free-stream velocity 0.1 m s-1. Its laminar boundary-layer thickness 0.2 m from the leading…
  7. GATE 2023 MT Q57 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The chimney shown must provide natural draft P 0-P 1=1.0133103 Pa between furnace and chimney bottom. Air and flue-gas densities are constant with…
  8. GATE 2025 MT Q14 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – At high temperatures, which empirical expression correctly describes the variation of dynamic viscosity of a Newtonian liquid with absolute…
  9. GATE 2025 MT Q31 (1 mark, Multiple select) – Consider fully developed, steady, one-dimensional laminar flow of a Newtonian liquid through a pipe. Its maximum velocity is proportional to which…
  10. GATE 2025 MT Q33 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – For an application where the Reynolds number is to be kept constant, a liquid with a density of 1 g cm−3 and viscosity 0.01 Poise results in a…
  11. GATE 2026 MT Q29 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Ergun equation is NOT applied in which one of the following unit operations to analyze gas flow behavior:
  12. GATE 2026 MT Q35 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – Two parallel plates with a Newtonian incompressible liquid between them are 2 mm apart. The upper plate is stationary and the lower plate moves with a…
  13. GATE 2026 MT Q40 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The equation below represents steady-state laminar flow of a fluid through a horizontal tube: 1rddr(rdv zdr)-dPdz=0. Here P is fluid pressure, is…
  14. GATE 2026 MT Q43 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Choose the correct option(s). Permeability of a porous bed made of spherical particles is/are: