Question

Water flow through a pipe with diameter 175 mm and length 300 m with roughness 0.0000075mm by mass flow rate 45.5 kg/s. What is flow type through the pipe if head losses is given as 10m because of the skin friction ?

Answer 1

Based on the given information, the answers are as follows:

Velocity (V) ≈ 5.173 m/s

Reynolds number (Re) ≈ 146,829

To determine the flow type based on the Reynolds number, we can refer to the flow regime classifications:

Since the Reynolds number (Re) is approximately 146,829, the flow through the pipe would be considered turbulent.