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1. How is fluid mechanics applied in dam design and spillway analysis?
2. What is the difference between hydraulic and pneumatic systems?
3. What is the principle of hydrokinetic energy?
4. What is the impact of fluid compressibility on jet propulsion?
5. What is the purpose of a stilling basin in hydraulic structures?
6. What is the difference between hydraulic gradient and energy gradient?
7. What are vortex shedding and its applications?
8. What is the difference between stagnation and static pressure?
9. What is the Venturi effect, and how does it work?
10. What is the Coanda effect, and where is it applied?
11. What is the importance of transient flow in fluid mechanics?
12. What is pulsating flow, and where does it occur?
13. What are the applications of unsteady flow analysis in engineering?
14. What is the significance of time-averaged velocity in turbulent flow?
15. What is local acceleration in unsteady flow?
16. What is convective acceleration in fluid flow?
17. How is flow acceleration classified in fluid mechanics?
18. What are the characteristics of periodic flow?
19. What is uniform flow, and how does it differ from non-uniform flow?
20. What is the difference between steady and unsteady flow?
21. What are the practical applications of surge analysis?
22. How does the velocity of flow affect water hammer intensity?
23. What are surge tanks, and how do they work?
24. What is the role of air chambers in preventing water hammer?
25. How can water hammer be prevented in piping systems?
26. What is the Joukowsky equation in water hammer analysis?
27. What are the effects of water hammer in pipelines?
28. What is water hammer, and how does it occur?
29. How is discharge measured in an open channel?
30. What are different methods of discharge measurement in pipes?
31. What is the function of laser Doppler velocimetry?
32. What is the Schlieren method, and where is it used?
33. What is shadowgraphy in flow analysis?
34. How is PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) used in fluid mechanics?
35. What are dye injection techniques in flow visualization?
36. What is the purpose of smoke flow visualization?
37. What are the different flow visualization techniques?
38. What is flow visualization, and why is it used?
39. What are the applications of a siphon in engineering?
40. What is a siphon, and how does it work?
41. How does a Francis turbine work?
42. What are the key components of a Kaplan turbine?
43. What is the difference between an impulse turbine and a reaction turbine?
44. What is the working principle of a Pelton turbine?
45. What is cavitation in a pump, and how is it prevented?
46. What is priming in a centrifugal pump?
47. What are the efficiency components of a hydraulic pump?
48. What is a reciprocating pump, and how does it work?
49. What is the function of a centrifugal pump?
50. What are the types of pumps used in fluid mechanics?
51. What are the limitations of CFD in engineering applications?
52. What is convergence in CFD solutions?
53. What are boundary conditions in CFD simulations?
54. What is the difference between Finite Element Method (FEM) and Finite Volume Method (FVM)?
55. What are the different methods used for solving CFD equations?
56. What is turbulence modeling in CFD?
57. What is the role of meshing in CFD analysis?
58. What are the governing equations in CFD simulations?
59. What are the advantages of using CFD in fluid mechanics?
60. What is Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)?
61. How does cavitation affect the efficiency of hydraulic machines?
62. What are the signs of cavitation damage in hydraulic systems?
63. What is the significance of cavitation number?
64. What is supercavitation, and where is it applied?
65. How can cavitation be minimized in pumps and turbines?
66. What is the Thoma cavitation factor?
67. What is vapor pressure, and how does it relate to cavitation?
68. What are the effects of cavitation on pumps and turbines?
69. How does cavitation occur in hydraulic machines?
70. What is cavitation in fluid flow?
71. What is Kármán vortex street, and where is it observed?
72. What are bluff bodies and streamlined bodies?
73. How does the Reynolds number influence drag and lift?
74. What is the role of the angle of attack in lift generation?
75. What is lift force, and how is it generated in fluids?
76. What is the coefficient of drag, and how is it calculated?
77. How does streamline shape affect drag force?
78. What is the difference between pressure drag and friction drag?
79. What is the concept of drag in fluid mechanics?
80. What is flow over bodies, and how does it affect fluid motion?
81. What is geometric, kinematic, and dynamic similarity in fluid mechanics?
82. What is the importance of the Mach number in similitude?
83. What is the Weber number, and what does it represent?
84. What is the significance of the Euler number?
85. What is the Froude number, and where is it used?
86. What are the common dimensionless numbers used in fluid mechanics?
87. What is the importance of non-dimensional numbers in fluid mechanics?
88. What is Buckingham’s π theorem, and how is it applied?
89. What are primary and secondary dimensions in fluid mechanics?
90. What is dimensional analysis, and why is it used in fluid mechanics?
91. What is the role of the Reynolds number in compressible flow analysis?
92. What are Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves?
93. What is the difference between normal shock and oblique shock?
94. How does shock wave formation occur in compressible flow?
95. What is the speed of sound in a fluid, and how is it calculated?
96. What is the significance of isentropic flow in compressible fluid mechanics?
97. What is stagnation pressure, and why is it important in compressible flow?
98. What are the characteristics of subsonic, supersonic, and transonic flow?
99. What is the Mach number, and what are its classifications?
100. What is compressible flow, and how does it differ from incompressible flow?

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