Equation of Continuity

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Equation of Continuity: Overview

This topic covers the concept of Equation of Continuity.

Important Questions on Equation of Continuity

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A laminar stream is flowing vertically down from a tap of cross-section area 1 cm2. At a distance 10 below the tap, the cross-section area of the stream has reduced to 1/2 cm​2. Find the volumetric flow rate of water from the tap

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A cylindrical vessel open at the top is 20 cm high and 10 cm in diameter. A circular hole whose cross-sectional area 1cm2 is cut at the centre of the bottom of the vessel. Water flows from a tube above it into the vessel at the rate 100 cm3 s​-1 . Find the height of water in the vessel under steady state.

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Water is moving with a speed of 5.18 m s-1 through a pipe with a cross-sectional area of 4.20 cm2. The water gradually descends 9.66 m as the pipe increases in area to 7.60 cm2. The speed of flow at the lower level is

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An ideal fluid is flowing in two pipes of the same cross-sectional pipe area. Both the pipes are connected with two vertical tubes, of length h1 and h2 as shown in the figure. The flow is streamline in both pipes. If the velocity of the fluid at A, B, and C are 2 m/s, 4 m/s, and 4 m/s respectively, the velocity of the fluid at D (in m/s) is -
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The cylindrical tube of a spray pump has a cross-section of 8.0 cm2 one end of which has 40 fine holes each of diameter 1.0 mm. If the liquid flow inside the tube is 1.5 m/min, what is the speed of ejection of the liquid through the holes?

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A horizontal pipe has a cross-section of 10 cm2 in one region and of 5 cm2 in another. The water velocity at the first is 5 m s1 and the pressure in the second is 2×105. The pressure of water in 1 st region is given by 237.5×10α Pa. Then the value of α is.

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A portion of a tube is shown in the figure. Fluid is flowing from cross-section area A1 to A2. The two cross-sections are at distance  from each other. The velocity of the fluid at section A2 is g2. If the pressures at A1 & A2 are same, then the angle made by the tube with the horizontal will be

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Mumbai needs 1.4×1012 L of water annually. Its effective surface area is 600 km2 and it receives an average rainfall of 2.4 m annually. If 10% of this rain water is conserved, it will meet approximately

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Consider a horizontally oriented syringe containing water located of a height of 1.25 m above the ground. The diameter of plunger is 8 mm and the diameter of the nozzle is 2 mm. The plunger is pushed with a constant speed of 0.25 m s-1. Find the horizontal range of water stream on the ground. Take g=10 m s-2.

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Water is moving with a speed of 5.18 m s-1 through a pipe with a cross-sectional area of 4.20 cm2. The water gradually descends 9.66 m as the pipe increases in area to 7.60 cm2. The speed of flow at the lower level is

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Among of the following figures shown below, the correct one regarding the steady flow of a non-viscous liquid is

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The wind flows at a velocity v perpendicular to the blades of a windmill which sweep out a circle of area A. If the density of the air is p, find the mass of the air passing through blades of a windmill in time t

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A tank is filled with the help of a cylindrical tube of area of cross-section A at a constant speed 4 m s-1. The tank has a hole of area A2 at bottom. Level of water in the tank will not go up beyond (take g=10 m s-2 )

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The ratio of the cross- sectional radius at entry and exit end of a pipe of non uniform cross-section is 3 : 2 .Water is flowing through this pipe.Then the ratio of velocities of water at entry and exit end of pipe is:

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Statement 1: A water stream falls from a tap becomes narrower as it falls.

Statement 2: The velocity of water increases as it falls.

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Water is flowing through a channel of width 12 m with a speed of 0.75 m s-1. The water then flows into four identical channels of width of 4 m each. The depth of the water does not change as it flows into the four identical channels. Find the speed of the water in one of the smaller channel?


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Consider an incompressible liquid flowing through a horizontal tube as shown in the figure. Then the velocity ' v' of the fluid in one of the sections of the tube as shown is:

 

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Blood is flow rate through a capillary of cross-sectional area of  0.25 m2 is 100 cm3 s-1. The velocity of flow of blood is -

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Water flows in a horizontal tube (see figure). The pressure of water changes by 700 N m-2 between A and B where the area of cross-sections are 40 cm2 and 20 cm2 respectively. What is the volume flow rate of water through the tube. (density of water =1000 kg m-3 )

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A glass tube has three different cross sectional areas with the values indicated in the figure. A piston at the left end of the tube exerts pressure so that the mercury within the tube flows from the right end with a speed of 8.0 m s-1. Three points within the tube are labeled A, B and C. The atmospheric pressure is 1.01×105 N m-2; and the density of mercury is 1.36×104 kg m-2 (use g=10 m s-2):

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At what speed is mercury flowing past the point A?