Question

Provide short answers (1-3 sentences) to the following questions related to hydraulics laboratory experiments and demonstrations.

(a) Demonstration experiment “12-foot flume:” The diagram of the 12-foot flume with a venturi meter, orifice meter, and stagnation tube below has been edited to create one problem that makes the image physically unrealistic for the conditions demonstrated in lab. Explain what it is.

(b) “Laminar and Turbulent Flow Experiment:” Did laminar flow occur in the large diameter pipe or the small diameter pipe? Why was this the case?

stagnation tube Venturi orifice meter meter

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