(c) The figure below shows a Venturi meter used to indicate the speed of flow of a liquid through a pipe. Direction of flow (i) Redraw the diagram and show on it the levels of liquid in the three vertical tubes, assuming the pipe to be horizontal and the liquid to be incompressible and non-viscous. (ii) How would your answer to (i) be different if the viscosity of the liquid was significant? Explain your answer.

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(c) The figure below shows a Venturi meter
used to indicate the speed of flow of a
liquid through a pipe.
Direction
of flow
(i) Redraw the diagram and show on it
the levels of liquid in the three
vertical tubes, assuming the pipe to
be horizontal and the liquid to be
incompressible and non-viscous.
(i1) How would your answer to (i) be
different if the viscosity of the liquid
was significant? Explain your answer.
Transcribed Image Text:(c) The figure below shows a Venturi meter used to indicate the speed of flow of a liquid through a pipe. Direction of flow (i) Redraw the diagram and show on it the levels of liquid in the three vertical tubes, assuming the pipe to be horizontal and the liquid to be incompressible and non-viscous. (i1) How would your answer to (i) be different if the viscosity of the liquid was significant? Explain your answer.
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