A water pipe with a 5 cm inner diameter is designed for to have a flow rate of 75 Umin. What is the entrance length for this pipe (in cm)?

Respuesta :

Answer:

121.20 cm

Explanation:

Given data in question

inner dia = 5 cm

flow rate = 75  umin = 1.25 ×10³ cm³/sec

Solution

First we calculate Re by this formula

Re= [tex]\frac{V × D}{v)}[/tex]  = [tex]\frac{Q × D}{π/4 × D²× v)}[/tex]

Re= [tex]\frac{4Q }{π × D× v)}[/tex]

here we know Q is flow rate and D is dia of pipe and v is kinematic viscosity that is 1.14 × [tex]10^{-2}[/tex] cm ² / sec

so Re= [tex]\frac{4Q }{π × D× v)}[/tex]

Re = [tex]\frac{4×1.25× 10³ }{π × 5 × 1.14 × 10^{-2}  )}[/tex]

So Re will be 27936 that is greater than 4000 thats why it is turbulent flow

and we know [tex]\frac{Length}{dia)}[/tex] ≡ 4.4 [tex]Re^{1/6}[/tex]

so [tex]\frac{Length}{dia)}[/tex] ≡ 24.24

length will be 121.20 cm