Oil with a density of 850 kg/m3 and kinematic viscosity of 0.00062 m2/s is being discharged by a 8-mm-diameter, 40-m-long horizontal pipe from a storage tank open to the atmosphere. The height of the liquid level above the center of the pipe is 4 m. Disregarding the minor losses, determine the flow rate of oil through the pipe.
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Oil with a density of 850 kg/m3 and
of 0.00062 m2/s is being discharged by a 8-mm-diameter,
40-m-long horizontal pipe from a storage tank open to the
atmosphere. The height of the liquid level above the center of
the pipe is 4 m. Disregarding the minor losses, determine the
flow rate of oil through the pipe.
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