GATE 1999 Mechanical Engineering (ME) Question Paper with Answer Key PDF

GATE Questions

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  A welded square plate of 1 m \(\times\) 1 m is subjected to biaxial stress of magnitude 6.5 MPa and 25 MPa, as shown in the figure below. The ratio of the normal stress acting in the perpendicular direction of the weld to the shear stress of the weld is ________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).
  

  

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• 2.

  A metal has an FCC crystal structure with a density of \(2.71\) g/cm\(^3\) and atomic weight of \(26.98\) g/mol. Avogadro's number is \(6.023 \times 10^{23}\). The atomic radius of the metal is ________ nm (rounded off to 2 decimal places).

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• 3.

  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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• 4.

  A liquid comes out of the reactor of a chemical plant at 250 °C temperature with a flow rate of 100 LPM. The ambient temperature is 25 °C. Density and specific heat of the liquid remain constant at 1000 kg/m³ and 4.18 kJ/kg K, respectively, for the given range of temperature. The rate of exergy associated with the hot liquid stream at the exit of the plant is ________ kW (rounded off to 2 decimal places).

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• 5.

  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).

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• 6.

  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).
  

  

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