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2.4 CRI ‘AL VELOC! (OLDS NUMBER When a fluid flows in a pipe at a volumetric flow rate Q m/s the average velocity is defined pu,D_u,D The Reynolds number is defined as R, = "= = —=— H v If you check the units of Re you will see that there are none and that it is a dimensionless number. You will learn more about such numbers in a later section. Reynolds discovered that it was possible to predict the velocity or flow rate at which the transition from laminar to turbulent flow occurred for any Newtonian fluid in any pipe. He also discovered that the critical velocity at which it changed back again was different. He found that when the flow was gradually increased, the change from laminar to turbulent always occurred at a Reynolds number of 2500 and when the flow was gradually reduced it changed back again at a Reynolds number of 2000, Normally, 2000 is taken as the critical value, WORKED EXAMPLE 2.1 il of density 860 kg/m’ has a kinematic viscosity of 40 cSt. Calculate the critical velocity when it flows in a pipe 50 mm bore diameter. SOLUTION 2000x40x10~% 0.05 =1L6mis © DJ.DUNN Scanned with CamScanner

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