Investigate the effect of tube roughness on flow rate by computing the flow generated by a pressure
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Investigate the effect of tube roughness on flow rate by computing the flow generated by a pressure difference \(\Delta p=100 \mathrm{kPa}\) applied to a length \(L=100 \mathrm{~m}\) of tubing, with diameter \(D=25 \mathrm{~mm}\). Plot the flow rate against tube relative roughness \(e / D\) for \(e / D\) ranging from 0 to 0.05 (this could be replicated experimentally by progressively roughening the tube surface). Is it possible that this tubing could be roughened so much that the flow could be slowed to a laminar flow rate?
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Fox And McDonald's Introduction To Fluid Mechanics
ISBN: 9781118912652
9th Edition
Authors: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell
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