History of fluid mechanics - Quiz
A) Banū Mūsā B) Al-Biruni C) Al-Khazini D) Al-Jazari
A) Conical measure B) Reciprocating piston pump C) Saqiya chain pump D) Hydrostatic balance
A) Al-Biruni B) Banū Mūsā brothers C) Al-Jazari D) Al-Khazini
A) Continuous velocity controls B) Manual pressure regulators C) Thermal expansion controls D) Two-step level controls
A) Large volumes of flowing water B) Atmospheric pressure changes C) Surface tension fluctuations D) Small variations in hydrostatic pressures
A) Float valves B) Plug valves C) Conical valves D) Tap valves
A) High-pressure release system B) Continuous flow system C) Thermal cooling system D) Fail-safe system
A) Suction pump B) Crankshaft C) Hydrostatic balance D) Double-concentric siphon
A) 973 B) 1121 C) 1115 D) 1206
A) Al-Khazini's balance B) Al-Jazari's saqiya machine C) Al-Biruni's conical measure D) Banū Mūsā's suction pump
A) Maximizing efficiency B) Reducing noise C) Simplifying construction D) Lowering costs
A) Conical valves B) Float chambers C) Two-step level controls D) Suction pipes
A) Reciprocating to rotary B) Rotary to reciprocating C) Linear to hydraulic D) Pneumatic to rotary
A) Quantum theories B) Modern thermodynamics C) Relativistic physics D) Experimental scientific methods
A) Fluid dynamics B) Fluid statics C) Aerodynamics D) Magnetohydrodynamics
A) The invention of the steam engine B) The need for better chemical manufacturing C) Human dependence on water, meteorology, and biological processes D) The study of atomic structure
A) Calculating planetary orbits B) Building skyscrapers C) Developing early electrical grids D) Constructing canals, aqueducts, and maritime transport
A) Through computer simulations B) Through ancient folklore C) Through experiments D) Through purely abstract mathematics
A) Galileo Galilei B) Nicolaus Copernicus C) Isaac Newton D) Claude-Louis Navier
A) Aerospace engineering B) Linguistics C) Social psychology D) Geology
A) Near the shores of rivers B) In dense forest regions C) In the middle of deserts D) High up in mountain ranges
A) George Stokes B) Leonhard Euler C) Daniel Bernoulli D) Archimedes
A) Mencius B) Johann Bernoulli C) Claude-Louis Navier D) Cao Chong
A) The flow of water through canals B) The equivalence of the weight of gold and feathers C) The buoyancy of wooden boats D) The density of various gases
A) The study of prehistoric stone tools B) The development of musical instruments C) The study of ancient pottery techniques D) The study of astronomical bodies and galaxies
A) 100 AD B) 500 BC C) 300 CE D) 250 BC
A) Atmospheric pressure B) Leverage and pulleys C) Displacement of boats D) The speed of river currents
A) Alexandria B) Cairo C) Rome D) Athens
A) Siphon B) Steam engine C) Noria D) Water clock
A) Chain pump B) Piston pump C) Turbine D) Hydraulic ram
A) A piston B) A filter C) A valve D) A pulley
A) Ctesibius B) Ptolemy C) Sextus Julius Frontinus D) Hero
A) De Architectura B) Mechanica C) De aquaeductibus urbis Romae commentarius D) Principia
A) Benedetto Castelli B) Evangelista Torricelli C) Simon Stevin D) Leonardo da Vinci
A) 1586 B) 1643 C) 1628 D) 1648
A) Thermodynamics B) Hydrostatics C) Quantum mechanics D) Aerodynamics
A) Benedetto Castelli B) Evangelista Torricelli C) Simon Stevin D) Raffaello Magiotti
A) Leonardo da Vinci B) Benedetto Castelli C) Simon Stevin D) Evangelista Torricelli
A) 1586 B) 1648 C) 1643 D) 1628
A) Simon Stevin B) Benedetto Castelli C) Raffaello Magiotti D) Leonardo da Vinci
A) Jet B) Parachute C) Vessel D) Streamlined body
A) Eddy formation B) Hydraulic jumps C) Tides D) Planetary orbits
A) 1663 B) 1686 C) 1655 D) 1620
A) A science B) A trade C) A philosophy D) A hobby
A) Viscosity B) Evaporation C) Friction D) Transverse motions
A) Friction B) The shape of the orifice C) Transverse currents D) The weight of the water
A) Edme Mariotte B) Henri Pitot C) Sir Isaac Newton D) Blaise Pascal
A) An arithmetical mean B) The square root C) A geometric mean D) The sum
A) 1687 B) 1720 C) 1705 D) 1713
A) Coriolis force B) Fluid friction C) Vena contracta D) Surface tension
A) It was decreasing at a constant rate B) It was constantly draining until empty C) It always remained full at the same height D) It was replenished only once per hour
A) 1742 B) 1738 C) 1726 D) 1743
A) Newton's laws of motion B) The principle of equilibrium C) The principle of fluxions D) Conservatio virium vivarum
A) d'Alembert B) Daniel Bernoulli C) Colin Maclaurin D) John Bernoulli
A) Leonhard Euler B) Daniel Bernoulli C) Colin Maclaurin D) John Bernoulli
A) Joseph-Louis Lagrange B) Newton C) Colin Maclaurin D) d'Alembert
A) 1752 B) 1738 C) 1743 D) 1744
A) Colin Maclaurin B) Newton C) Leonhard Euler D) Joseph-Louis Lagrange
A) 1757 B) 1752 C) 1777 D) 1786
A) Ordinary differential equations B) Partial differential equations C) Algebraic equations D) Integral equations
A) Gotthilf Hagen B) Abbé Charles Bossut C) John Scott Russell D) George Stokes
A) Viscous drag B) Accelerating force C) Static pressure D) Inertial force
A) Non-dissipative flow B) Creeping flow C) Turbulent flow D) Incompressible flow
A) John Scott Russell B) Gustav de Vries C) Gotthilf Hagen D) Diderik Korteweg
A) Newton B) Poiseuille C) Pascal D) Stoke
A) Laminar flow B) Incompressible flow C) Viscous flow D) Non-dissipative flow
A) Pierre-Louis-Georges du Buat B) Claude-Louis Navier C) Jean le Rond d'Alembert D) George Stokes
A) Hermann von Helmholtz B) Arnold Sommerfeld C) Osborne Reynolds D) Stokes
A) Arnold Sommerfeld B) Stokes C) Osborne Reynolds D) Horace Lamb
A) 1867 B) 1858 C) 1851 D) 1883
A) Horace Lamb B) P. G. Tait C) Henri Poincaré D) G. K. Batchelor
A) Henri Villat B) Philip Saffman C) Henri Poincaré D) Clifford Truesdell
A) Clifford Truesdell B) G. K. Batchelor C) Philip Saffman D) Horace Lamb
A) Thirty-one B) Fifty-one C) One hundred D) Eighty-two
A) Lowell Hydraulic Experiments B) Théorie des Tourbillons C) Recherches hydrauliques D) Handbuch der Mechanik und der Hydraulik
A) Two thirds B) Full C) One quarter D) Half
A) J. B. Francis B) Henry G. P. Darcy C) Henri-Émile Bazin D) Julius Weisbach
A) Charles-Augustin de Coulomb B) Osborne Reynolds C) William Froude D) Henry Selby Hele-Shaw
A) Henri-Émile Bazin B) Henry Selby Hele-Shaw C) Charles-Augustin de Coulomb D) William Froude
A) 1910 B) 1894 C) 1904 D) 1939
A) Andrey Kolmogorov B) Ludwig Prandtl C) Albert Einstein D) Richard C. Tolman
A) The Kutta-Joucowski theorem B) The stress-energy tensor C) The adiabatic condition D) Vortex dynamics
A) 1941 B) 1894-1910 C) 1939 D) 1902-1906
A) Richard C. Tolman B) J. Robert Oppenheimer C) Andrey Kolmogorov D) Ludwig Prandtl
A) Görtler vortices B) Kármán vortex street C) Taylor vortices D) Cavitation vortices
A) Wingtip vortices B) Kármán vortex street C) Taylor vortices D) Görtler vortices
A) 1970s B) 1960s C) 1950s D) 1980s
A) ETH Zurich B) Harvard University C) Stanford University D) MIT
A) Andreas Manz B) George M. Whitesides C) Terence Tao D) Stephen C. Terry
A) 1995 B) 2000 C) 1990 D) 1979
A) Polypropylene B) Polystyrene C) Polyethylene D) Polydimethylsiloxane
A) Clay Mathematics Institute B) International Fluid Mechanics Society C) Google DeepMind D) Stanford University
A) Ten B) Three C) Seven D) Five
A) Charles Fefferman B) Terence Tao C) Andreas Manz D) Stephen C. Terry
A) Semiconductor device fabrication B) Nanotube assembly C) Laser printing D) 3D printing
A) Gas chromatograph B) Capillary electrophoresis C) Genetic testing D) Polymerase chain reaction |
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