GATE 2003 Mechanical Engineering (ME) Question Paper with Answer Key pdf is available for download. The exam was conducted by IIT Madras on February 9, 2003 . The question paper comprised a total of 90 questions from General Aptitude and Mechanical Engineering (ME) topics.
GATE 2003 Mechanical Engineering (ME) Question Paper with Answer Key PDF
GATE 2003 Mechanical Engineering (ME) Question Paper PDF
GATE 2003 Mechanical Engineering (ME) Answer Key PDF
Convective heat transfer coefficients for Fluid 1 and Fluid 2 in a heat exchanger, as shown in the figure below, are 50 W/(m2K) and 80 W/(m2K), respectively. The inner tube is made of a material which has a thermal conductivity 386 W/(m K) for the given range of temperatures in the heat exchanger. The length of the heat exchanging surface, the inside radius of the inner tube, and thickness of the inner tube are 1 m, 10 mm, and 1 mm, respectively. Considering no heat exchange between the outer tube and the surrounding, the heat transfer rate for the heat exchanger is ________ W (rounded off to 1 decimal place).
A rigid closed vertical cylindrical vessel of 15 cm diameter contains 5 kg water at 80 °C with 10% quality. The water is heated till its temperature reaches 130 °C. Considering only a horizontal separated interface between liquid and vapor, the dip in the liquid level after the heating process is ________ cm (rounded off to 2 decimal places). Properties of water at various saturation temperatures are given in the table below.
T (°C)
vf (m3/kg)
vg (m3/kg)
uf (kJ/kg)
ug (kJ/kg)
80
0.001029
3.4053
334.97
2481.60
130
0.001070
0.66808
546.10
2539.50
T, v, and u are temperature, specific volume, and specific internal energy, respectively. Subscripts f and g represent saturated liquid and saturated vapor, respectively.
A drill bit during its lifetime can produce \(150\) through holes in a plate at a drill speed of \(200\) RPM. If the drill speed increases to \(300\) RPM, it can produce \(60\) through holes in the same plate before the drill bit fails. Assuming all other parameters remain constant, the value of the exponent in Taylor's tool life equation is ________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
In a deep drawing operation of a rectangular sheet metal, \(30\%\) stretching in length results in \(15\%\) reduction in thickness. Assuming volume constancy, the normal anisotropy of the sheet metal is ________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
An inward flow reaction turbine, having an outer diameter of \(1\) m, runs at \(600\) RPM. The normal component of absolute velocity at the inlet is \(10\) m/s. If the guide blade angle is \(15^{\circ}\), then the inlet vane angle of the runner is ________ degree (rounded off to 1 decimal place).
Water with a density of 1000 kg/m3 comes out of an industrial condenser through a horizontal pipe of 15 cm radius at the flow rate of 4.5 m3/min. The outlet of the pipe is connected to a coaxial diffuser of 0.5 m length using a flange to raise the pressure of water to atmospheric condition without any backflow. The inner radius (\(r\), in m) of the diffuser cross-section is expressed as
\[ r = 0.15 + 0.4x^2 \]
where, \(x\) represents the axial distance of the diffuser in m, from its inlet. Considering frictionless flow, the magnitude of the force exerted by the diffuser on the flange is ________ N (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
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