Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Author: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell
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Chapter 10, Problem 63P
A Francis turbine is to operate under a head of 46 m and deliver 18.6 MW while running at 150 rpm. The runner diameter is 4 m. A 1-m-diameter model is operated in a laboratory under the same head. Find the model speed, power, and flow rate.
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