Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Author: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 8, Problem 122P
A 90° screwed elbow is installed in a 2-in.-diameter pipeline having a friction factor of 0.03. The head lost at the elbow is equivalent to that lost in how many feet of the pipe? What would be the equivalent length fora 1-in.-diameter pipe?
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