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Water at 10 °C (p = 999.7kg/m3 and μ = 1.307×10-3kg/ms) is flowing steadily in a 0.12-cm-diameter, 15-m-long pipe at an average velocity of 0.9 m/s. Determine (a) the Reynolds number and decide weather the flow is laminar or turbulent (b) the head loss, (c) the pressure drop, and (d) the pumping power requirement to overcome this pressure drop.
2. The kinetic viscosity of a hydraulic oil is 110cP. The oil is flowing in a 20-mm diameter commercial steel pipe with the length of 45-m. If the velocity of oil is 4-m/s and specific gravity is 0.9 find the following a. Reynolds number b. Friction factor c. Head losses. 2. The kinetic viscosity of a hydraulic oil is 110cP. The oil is flowing in a 20-mm diameter commercial steel pipe with the length of 45-m. If the velocity of...
3. Water flowing through a pipe assumes a laminar-flow velocity profile at some section is parabolic: u(0) -4J Figure 2 where u(r) is the velocity at any position r, ß is a constant,-11s the viscosity of water, and r is the radial distance from the pipe centerline. (a) Develop an equation for u(r) assuming a parabolic velocity profile and using the known velocities at the walls u(ro)-0 and the center u(0) (Just use symbols). (b) Develop an equation for shear...
8-31 Water at 10°C (p = 999.7 kg/m3 and μ = 1.307 × 10-3 kg/m.s) is flowing steadily in a 0.20-cm-diameter, 15-m-long pipe at an average velocity of 1.2 m/s. Determine (a) the pressure drop, (b) the head loss, and (c) the pumping power requirement to overcome this pressure drop. Answers: (a) 188 kPa, (b) 19.2 m, (c) 0.71 W 8-32 Water at 15°C (p = 999.1 kg/m3 and μ = 1.138 × 10-3 kg/m . s) is flowing steadily in a 30-m-long...
4. (25 pts) Water is flowing inside a thin wall, smooth pipe of diameter 0.05 m at a mass flowrate of 0.3 kg/s. The water enters the pipe at a mean temperature Tm,i= 80 °C and exits at Tm,o= 80 °C while the pipe surface temperature is maintained at Ts= 20 °C along its entire length. a. Is the flow turbulent or laminar? b. Calculate the average convection heat transfer coefficient inside the tube. c. Calculate the length of the...
H2.3 Consider water at 20°C flowing through a horizontal pipe of diameter 15 cm and length 10 m. The flowrate is 0.021 m3/s and the wall shear stress is 5.76 N/m2. Assume fully developed flow. a. Verify that the flow is turbulent b. Determine the pressure drop [N/m2 c. Estimate the viscous sublayer thickness [mm], i.e., where y+ 5 d. Compare results of part c. with typical pipe roughness (see Table 8.1 in text and comment on implication e. Using...
3. Hot water at an average temperature of 60°C and an average velocity of 0.6 m/s is flowing through a 5- m section of a thin-walled hot water pipe that has arn outer diameter of 2.5 cm. The pipe passes through the centre of a 14 cm-thick wall filled with fiberglass insulation (k-0.035 W/rm C), If the surfaces of the wall are at 18 C, determine (a) the rate of heat transfer from the pipe to the air in the...
1. a) 1 m of water is flowing through a pipe in 10 minutes. The diameter of the pipe is 1.5 cm. Calculate the velocity of the water inside the pipe. 2. b) The pipe is extended to a bending and an elbow system. The head loss for bending and elbow system is 500 mm and 900 mm respectively. Calculate the loss coefficient for both the systems. Which one has higher loss coefficient and why?
Q5. Sketching a suitable control volume, show that the velocity profile V(r) for steady, fully laminar flow in a horizontal pipe is given by V(r)- whereis is the pressure drop per unit length of pipe, R is the pipe radius and u the dynamic viscosity of the fluid. (10 marks) Thereafter develop Poiseuille's law for the volume flow rate O in the form SuL (10 marks) Hence show that the head loss h is given by where Vis the mean...
FIGURE 1 shows a branching pipe system through which is flowing water of density 1000 kg m-3 and viscosity 1.0 x 103 Pa s. 2. AVI Diameter at A 600 mnm Diameter at B500 mm Diameter at C 300 mm FIG. 1 If the volumetric flowrate at point A is 586 m3 h1 and the flow velocity at point C is 0.61 m s-1 determine: the mass flowrate at pointB a. b. the Reynolds number of the flow at point...