• Two new cast-iron pipes in series connect two reservoirs. Both pipes are 300 m long and have diameters of 0.6 m and 0.4 m, respectively. • The elevation of water surface in reservoir A is 80 m. The discharge of 10° C water from reservoir A to reservoir B is 0.5 m³/sec. • Find the elevation of the surface of reservoir B. - Assume a sudden contraction at the junction and a square-edge entrance. 80 m EGL HGL B

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• Two new cast-iron pipes in series connect two reservoirs. Both pipes
are 300 m long and have diameters of 0.6 m and 0.4 m, respectively.
• The elevation of water surface in reservoir A is 80 m. The discharge of
10° C water from reservoir A to reservoir B is 0.5 m³/sec.
• Find the elevation of the surface of reservoir B.
• Assume a sudden contraction at the junction and a square-edge
entrance.
80 m
EGL
A
HGL
1
в
2.
Transcribed Image Text:• Two new cast-iron pipes in series connect two reservoirs. Both pipes are 300 m long and have diameters of 0.6 m and 0.4 m, respectively. • The elevation of water surface in reservoir A is 80 m. The discharge of 10° C water from reservoir A to reservoir B is 0.5 m³/sec. • Find the elevation of the surface of reservoir B. • Assume a sudden contraction at the junction and a square-edge entrance. 80 m EGL A HGL 1 в 2.
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