A fluid of density 1400 kg/m^3 and viscosity of 0.9 kg/m. s flows through an 80 mm diameter pipe with a velocity of 5 m/s. What type of flow exists in the pipe? Justify your answer.

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Jenny Bowen

Engineering

26 January, 23:41

A fluid of density 1400 kg/m^3 and viscosity of 0.9 kg/m. s flows through an 80 mm diameter pipe with a velocity of 5 m/s. What type of flow exists in the pipe? Justify your answer.

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Hamlet · Answer 1

laminar

Explanation:

to know what kind of flow there is we must calculate the number of reynolds

Re = (ρVD) / υ

Re=Reynolds

ρ=Density

D=Diameter

υ=viscosity

Re = (1400x5x0.08) / 0.9=622.2

we know that if the number of reynolds is less than 2100 the flow is laminar