UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions - Engineering

Q1:

With 'n' variables and 'm' fundamental dimensions in a system, which one of the following statements relating to the application of the Buckingham's Pi Theorem is incorrect ?

A With experience, pi terms can be written simply by inspection of variables in a flow system

B Buckingham's pi theorem is not directly applicable in compressible flow problem

C Buckingham's pi theorem yields dimensionless pi terms given by the difference between the number of variables and the number of fundamental dimensions

D Buckingham's pi theorem reduces the number of variables by the number of fundamental dimensions involved.

ANS:B - Buckingham's pi theorem is not directly applicable in compressible flow problem

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