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GATE Fluid Mechanics: Bernoulli's equation and fluid acceleration – Previous Year Questions

6 GATE previous year questions on Bernoulli's equation and fluid acceleration (Fluid Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2022 ME (ME1) Q24 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A tiny temperature probe is fully immersed in a flowing fluid and is moving with zero relative velocity with respect to the fluid. The velocity field…
  2. GATE 2022 ME (ME1) Q63 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A steady two-dimensional flow field is specified by the stream function = kx3y, where x and y are in meter and the constant k = 1 m-2s-1. The…
  3. GATE 2023 ME Q62 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The velocity field of a certain two-dimensional flow is given by V(x, y) = k(xi - yj) where k = 2 s-1. The coordinates x and y are in meters. Assume…
  4. GATE 2025 ME Q16 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Consider two identical tanks with a bottom hole of diameter d. One tank is filled with water and the other tank is filled with engine oil. The height…
  5. GATE 2025 ME Q49 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A pitot tube connected to a U-tube mercury manometer measures the speed of air flowing in the wind tunnel as shown in the figure below. The density of…
  6. GATE 2026 ME Q26 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Bernoulli's equation CANNOT be applied between