Explain some of the minor and major losses encountered in fluid mechanics. An orifice plate is to be used by propulsion engineers to measure the flow rate of aircraft fuel at 20C in a delivery pipe of diameter 60mm in the Airbus 320 . Given that the orifice diameter is 30mm, calculate the Reynolds number and then determine the pressure measured when the flow rate is 5 lit/s. Take =0.3cP and =666kg/m3. You may use the orifice flow equation: Q=CDA2(1(d1d2)4)2P+2gz Also assume that for the orifice plate: CD=0.622