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IES Full Length Mock Test Online 2014
BRANCH: Mechanical Engineering
PAPER 1
(Conventional)
INSTRUCTIONS
Please read each of the following instructions carefully before
attempting questions:
Candidates should attempt FIVE questions in all.
Question No.1 is compulsory. Out of the remaining SIX
questions attempt any FOUR.
All questions carry equal marks. The number of marks carried
by a part of a question is indicated against it.
Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks : 200
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Answers must be written in ENGLISH only.
Assume suitable data, if necessary and indicate the same
clearly. For air R = 0.287 kJ/kg K C
P
= 1.005 kJ/kg K, = 1.4,
M = 28.966 kg/kg mole
Unless otherwise mentioned, symbols and notations have their
usual standard meanings.
Assume suitable data, if necessary and indicate the same
clearly.
Neat sketches may be drawn, wherever required.
All parts and sub-parts of a question are to be attempted
together in the answer book.
Any pages left blank in the answer book must be clearly struck
out.
01.
(a) Compare the phenomenon of detonation in spark ignition
engine with that of knocking in compression ignition
engines. (4 M)
(b) Explain why PMMK-I and PMMK-II devices are not
practicable. (PMMK - Perpetual Motion Machine Kind)
(4 M)
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(c) Define the following terms:
(i) WBT (ii) DPT (iii) Relative humidity
(iv)Sensible heat factor (v) Comfort zone.
(5 M)
(d) What is meant by boundary layer thickness, displacement
thickness and energy thickness? (6 M)
(e) Explain stable, unstable & neutral equilibrium with respect
to floating bodies when partially submerged and fully
submerged in liquid. (4 M)
(f) Define and give physical significance of Froude number,
Eulers number? (4 M)
(g) How does filmwise condensation differ from dropwise
condensation? (4 M)
(h) Experimental results indicate that the local heat transfer co-
efficient h
x
for flow over a flat plate with an extremely
rough surface is approximated by the relation:
h
x
= a x
0.12
Where a is a constant coefficient and x is distance from
the leading edge of the plate. Set up a relation between this
local heat transfer coefficient and the average heat transfer
coefficient h for a plate of length x. (5 M)
(i) Define Degree of reaction and derive an expression? (4 M)
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02
(a) A reversible Heat engine A absorbs energy from a
reservoir at temperature T
1
and rejects energy to a reservoir
at temperature T
2
. A second engine B absorbs the same
amount of energy as rejected by the engine A from the
reservoir at temperature T
2
and rejects energy to a reservoir
at temperature T
3
. What is the relation between T
1,
T
2
and
T
3
if:
(i) The efficiencies of both the engines A and B are the
same and
(ii) The work delivered by both the engines are the same
(10 M)
(b) Distinguish between Octane and Cetane rating of fuel.
Explain how they are determined. What is the Cetane
rating of diesel oil marketed in India (10 M)
(c) A turbojet aircraft flies with a velocity of 300 m/s at an
altitude where the air is at 0.35 bar and 40C. The
compressor has a pressure ratio of 10, and the temperature
of the gases at the turbine inlet is 1100C. Air enters the
compressor at a rate of 50 kg/s. Estimate (a) the
temperature and pressure of the gases at the turbine exit,
(b) the velocity of gases at the nozzle exit, and (c) the
propulsive efficiency of the cycle. (20 M)
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03.
(a) Calculate the (i) COP (ii) Power requirement and (iii)
cooling capacity of a CO
2
compressor working between
22.68 bar and 64.32 bar pressures. The liquid in the
condenser gets cooled, by another system, to 15C before
entering the expansion valve. The system is assumed to
work on wet-compression with x = 0.9. The compressor
data: stroke volume = 500 c.c.; r.p.m. = 500 and q
vol
=
0.85. Property values are: sp. heat of CO
2
vapour = 2.4
kJ/kgC and
P
(bar)
Enthalpy(kJ/kg)
Liq. Vap.
v(m
3
/kg)
Liq. Vap.
s (kJ/kgC)
Liq. Vap.
t(C)
22.68
50.92
64.32
49.62
127.75
164.17
322.86
308.08
283.63
0.00101
0.00130
0.00147
0.0166
0.0066
0.0042
0.1976
0.4697
0.5903
1.2567
1.0959
0.9912
15
15
25
(20 M)
(b) The following are the data given of a change in diameter
effected in laying a water supply pipe. The change in
diameter is gradual from 20 cm at A to 50 cm at B.
Pressures at A and B are7.848 N/cm
2
and
5.886N/cm
2
respectively with the end B being 3 m higher
than A. If the flow in the pipe line is 200 litre/s,
Find: ( i ) direction of flow, (ii) the head lost in friction
between A and B. (10 M)
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(c) From the fundamentals, derive the expression for hydro
dynamic boundary layer thickness if velocity profile is
given by the relation:
(

o
t
=

y
2
sin
u
u
(10 M)
04.
(a) What is the significance of a draft tube? Why it is required
only with reaction turbines? (6 M)
(b) A Pelton wheel is to be selected to drive a generator at 600
rpm. The water jet is 75 mm in diameter and has a velocity
of 100 m/sec with the blade deflection angle is 170
0
. The
ratio of vane speed to inlet jet speed is 0.49 and neglecting
the losses, determine
(i) Diameter of wheel to center line of bucket?
(ii) Power developed by the runner?
(iii) Kinetic energy per Newton remaining in the fluid?
(12 M)
(c) A steam power plant of large capacity a shell and tube heat
exchanger having 30,000 thin wall tubes of 25 mm
diameter condenses on the surface of these tubes with
convection coefficient 10 kW/m
2
deg. Water serves as the
coolant entering the tubes at 20
0
C at mass flow rate of
3010
3
kg/s. If the condenser (heat exchanger)
arrangement involves one shell pass and two passes and the
heat transfer rate is 200 MW.
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Determine
(i) Temperature of cooling water at exit from condenser
(ii) Over all heat transfer coefficient
(iii) Heat transfer area and length of tube /pass (If
correction factor is 0.9) (12 M)
(d) How does the PWR differ BWR? Give examples of each.
What is a breeder reactor? (10 M)
05.
(a) A four stroke single cylinder oil engine has a bore of 300
mm and stroke 460 mm and runs at 200 rpm. The fuel oil
has a composition by mass of 87% Carbon and 13%
Hydrogen. It is consumed at the rate of 6.75 kg/hr. The
volumetric composition of dry exhaust gases is 7 % CO
2
,
10.5% O
2
and 82.5% N
2
. Atmospheric temperature and
pressure are 17C and 100 kN/m
2
respectively.
Determine:
(i) the actual quantity of air supplied/kg of fuel and
(ii) volumetric efficiency of the engine.
Take R for air as 0.287 kJ/kg K. (10 M)
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(b) The following data are obtained from a test on a single
cylinder 4-stroke oil engine:
Cylinder bore = 15 cm, Stroke = 25 cm, area of indicator
diagram = 450 sq. mm, Length of indicator diagram = 50
mm, Indicator spring rating 1.2 mm for a pressure of 9.81
N/cm
2
. Engine speed = 40 rpm, Brake torque = 22.5 Nm,
Fuel consumption = 3 kg/hr, Calorific value of fuel =
44,200 kJ/kg. Cooling water flow rate = 4 kg/min. Cooling
water temperature rise = 42C, Specific heat of cooling
water = 4.187 kJ/kg-K.
Determine:
(i) the mechanical efficiency
(ii) brake thermal efficiency
(iii) Specific fuel consumption and
(iv) draw heat balance in kW. (20 M)
(c) A single-acting reciprocating pump has piston diameter 15
cm and stroke length 30cm. The centre of the pump is 5m
above the water level in the sump. The diameter and length
of the suction pipe are 10cm and 8m respectively. The
separation occurs if the absolute pressure head in the
cylinder during suction stroke falls below 2.5m of water.
Calculate the maximum speed at which the pump can run
without separation. Take atmospheric pressure head =
10.3m of water. (10 M)
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06.
(a) An elastic balloon submerged in water is attached to a base
of a tank. Estimate the changing tension (%) if the pressure
of air increases from 100 kPa to 1.6 MPa by assuming the
initial diameter of balloon as 30 cm and varying with
pressure as P=CD
-2
. Where C= Constant D=Diameter of
the balloon (8 M)
(b) Derive an expression for the drag on a submerged
torpedo, , )
2 2
D
V L Fr Re, f F =
The parameters : size of the torpedo L, the velocity of the
torpedo V, the viscosity of the water , the density of
water and acceleration due to gravity g by using
dimensional analysis ? (12 M)
(c) The following refer to a stationary gas turbine:
Compressor inlet temperature = 311 K
Compressor pressure ratio = 8
Combustion chamber pressure drop = 5 % of inlet pressure
Turbine inlet temperature = 1367 K
Turbine exit and compressor inlet pressures are
atmospheric.
There exists a facility to take air from the compressor exit
for use in cooling the turbine. Find the percentage of air
that may be taken from the compressor for this purpose so
that the overall cycle efficiency drops by 5% from that of
the case of no usage of compressed air for cooling of
turbine. For simplicity, assume the following;
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(i) Take properties of gas through the turbine as those of
air,
(ii) Addition of cooling air to the turbine and addition of
fuel to the combustion chamber do not affect the
turbine power and
(iii)Compressor and turbine efficiencies are 0.87 and 0.90
respectively. (10 M)
(d) A Blimp is designed to move in air at 20
0
C at 7 m/sec if a
1:20 scale model is tested in water 20
0
C what should be
the water velocity ? If the measured drag on the model is
309 kN, calculate the drag on the prototype blimp and the
power required to propel it? (Take
air
= 1.2 kg/m
3
,
water =
998kg/m
3

water
= 1.0210
3
Pa-sec and
air =
1.8110
5
Pa-sec. (10 M)
07.
(a) The temperature on the two sides of a plane wall are T
1
and
T
2
, and thermal conductivity of the wall material is given
by relation K = K
0
e
-(x/o)
, where K
0
is constant and o is the
wall thickness. Derive expression for temperature
distribution & heat transfer in the wall? (8 M)
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(b) Pressurized water is to be carried through a pipe whose
temperature is to be maintained at 12
0
C. At what depth is
the pipe to be buried in the ground such that water does
not freeze, if out side temperature is 30
0
C ?
Consider following data
o = 1.24 10
7
m
2
/sec, t = 30 days, (T
0
)
soil
= 17
0
C
| erf(|)
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
0.4284
0.5205
0.6309
0.6778
0.7421
0.7970
0.8427
(10 M)
(c) An electric heating system is installed in the ceiling of a
room that measures 300 300cm with a height of 4m.The
temperature of ceiling is maintained at 320K where as the
wall is at 300 K as shown in figure.
3m
3m
4m
Wall
1
ceiling
2
1
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Determine net radiant heat interchange between the wall &
ceiling if emissivities are 0.6 & 0.7 respectively.
[F
12
= 0.18] (8 M)
(d) For an air flow over a flat plate assuming shear stress
varies linearly in laminar boundary layer such that
(

y
1
0
. Calculate the displacement and momentum
thickness in terms of o ? (8 M)
(e) The (NPSH
min
) for a pump given by the manufacturer. A
pump is being used to pump water from a reservoir at rate
of 0.2832 m
3
/sec. The water level in the reservoir is 1.28 m
below the pump. Atmosphere pressure is 98.62 kN/m
2
and
atmosphere temperature is 20
0
C. Assume total head loss in
the suction pipe is 1.158 m of water. Determine whether or
not it safe from cavitation effect. (Vapour pressure of water
is 23.128 m).
(6 M)
END OF THE PAPER
Air
Water
P
1
=100kPa