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Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery Miscellaneous

Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery

  1. An incompressible fluid flows over a flat plate with zero pressure gradient. The boundary layer thickness is 1 mm at a location where the Reynolds number is 1000. If the velocity of the fluid alone is increased by a factor of 4, then the boundary layer thickness at the same location, in mm will be
    1. 4
    2. 2
    3. 0.5
    4. 0.25
Correct Option: C

Boundary layer thickness, δ ∝
1
Re

Re ∝ V ⇒ δ ∝
1
V



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