Can the method of equivalent pipes be used to find a single hypothetical pipe that is equivalent to the pipe system of Problem? If your answer is yes, determine an equivalent pipe. If your answer is no, explain your answer.
Problem Pipes AB and CF in Figure have a diameter of 3 m and a Darcy-Weisbach friction factor of 0.02. The length of AB is 1000 m and that of CF is 900 m. The discharge in pipe AB is 60 m3/sec. Branch 1 is 1,000 m long, and it has a diameter of 2 m and a friction factor of 0.018. Branch 2 has a length of 800 m, diameter of 3 m, and a friction factor of 0.02. A discharge of 20 m3/sec is added to the flow at point B and 10 m3/sec is taken out at point C as shown in the figure. (a) Determine the total head loss due to friction between section A and F, and (b) determine the discharge in each of branches 1 and 2.
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