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This document contains 6 problems related to fluid mechanics. Problem 1 asks to calculate head loss given flow rate and pressure drop through a tube. Problem 2 asks to find flow rate through a pipe given diameter, length, and pressure drop. Problem 3 asks to determine the minimum pipe size needed to satisfy pressure requirements between a pump and reservoir.

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Fluids Assignment 8 PDF

This document contains 6 problems related to fluid mechanics. Problem 1 asks to calculate head loss given flow rate and pressure drop through a tube. Problem 2 asks to find flow rate through a pipe given diameter, length, and pressure drop. Problem 3 asks to determine the minimum pipe size needed to satisfy pressure requirements between a pump and reservoir.

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Assignment – 9

Fluid Mechanics – (ES 212)

1. Water flows at 10 L/min through a horizontal 15-mmdiameter tube. The pressure drop
along a 20-m length of tube is 85 kPa. Calculate the head loss.

2. Water flows steadily in a horizontal 125-mm-diameter cast-iron pipe. The pipe is 150
m long and the pressure drop between sections 1 and 2 is 150 kPa. Find the volume
flow rate through the pipe.

3. A pump is located 4.5 m to one side of, and 3.5 m above a reservoir. The pump is
designed for a flow rate of 6 L/s. For satisfactory operation, the static pressure at the
pump inlet must not be lower than -6 m of water gage. Determine the smallest standard
commercial steel pipe that will give the required performance.

4. Heavy crude oil (SG = 0.925 and 𝜈 = 1.0×10-4 m2 /s) is pumped through a pipeline laid
on flat ground. The line is made from steel pipe with 600 mm i.d. and has a wall
thickness of 12 mm. The allowable tensile stress in the pipe wall is limited to 275 MPa
by corrosion considerations. It is important to keep the oil under pressure to ensure that
gases remain in solution. The minimum recommended pressure is 500 kPa. The pipeline
carries a flow of 400,000 barrels (in the petroleum industry, a “barrel” is 42 gal) per
day. Determine the maximum spacing between pumping stations. Compute the power
added to the oil at each pumping station.

5. The pressure rise across a water pump is 35 psi when the volume flow rate is 500 gpm.
If the pump efficiency is 80 percent, determine the power input to the pump.
6. The piping network shown in the figure has the following system parameters:

Lengths: AB = GF = EH = CD =100 m; AG = GH = BF = EF = BC = DE = 50 m.

Friction factors: AB = GF = EH = CD = AG = GH = BF = EF = BC = DE = 0.03.

Diameters: AB = GF = EH = CD = AG = GH = BF = EF = BC = DE = 1.0 m.

Find out the discharges in each pipe. Use Hardy-Cross method.

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