Problem 4. A 20-ft section of horizontal 6-inch-diameter pipe is being investigated in the lab. A head loss of 0.435 ft was measured when the flow was 475 gpm of water. If the kinematic viscosity is 1.2 × 10-5 ft2/s, estimate the equivalent sand grain roughness, ks. 0.1 0.09 Wholly turbulent flow 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.02
Problem 4. A 20-ft section of horizontal 6-inch-diameter pipe is being investigated in the lab. A head loss of 0.435 ft was measured when the flow was 475 gpm of water. If the kinematic viscosity is 1.2 × 10-5 ft2/s, estimate the equivalent sand grain roughness, ks. 0.1 0.09 Wholly turbulent flow 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.02
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Transcribed Image Text:Problem 4. A 20-ft section of horizontal 6-inch-diameter pipe is being investigated in the lab. A
head loss of 0.435 ft was measured when the flow was 475 gpm of water. If the kinematic viscosity
is 1.2 × 10-5 ft2/s, estimate the equivalent sand grain roughness, ks.
0.1
0.09
Wholly turbulent flow
0.08
0.07
0.06
0.05
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.02
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