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StudyNotesonFlowthroughPipesforGATEFlowthroughPipesisaveryimportanttopicofFluidMechanicsfromGATEperspective.Thisisahigh-yieldingtopicsinceitcarriesahighweightageinGATE.Althoughthistopicappearstobetoughtomajorityofthecandidates,attainingafairdegreeofcompetenceinthistopiccanhelpyouboostyouroverallscoreinGATE.ThispostwillfamiliarizeyouwithallaspectsassociatedwithFlowthroughPipes.
FlowthroughPipes:AssociatedConcepts
I. Introduction
• HydraulicTurbine&Pumps
HydraulicMachinesrefertothosemachineswhichconverteithermechanicalenergyintohydraulicenergyorhydraulicenergyintomechanicalenergy.
• HeadHeadreferstotheenergycontentoffluidperunitweightoffluid.
HeadH=!"#$%'()*+,
-).+/#"01%2.3
Itismeasuredinmetreorcentimeter
• DynamicHeadItisalsocalledastheKineticHeadandistheratioofkineticenergytoweightofthefluid.
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• StaticHead
StaticHeadisdefinedastheratioofPotentialEnergyofthefluidtoitsweight.
• PressureHeadItisdefinedastheratioofpressureenergytoitsweight.
PressureHead= 45+
• PiezometricHead
Itimpliesthesumofpressureheadandpotentialhead.
PiezometicHead=56+h
II. FlowofIncompressibleFluidsinPipes
• LaminarFlow:LaminarFlowtakesplacewhenafluidflowsinparallel
layerswithnodisruptionbetweenthelayers.Themotionoftheparticlesofthefluidisveryorderlyinalaminarflow.
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InlaminarFlow,theReynoldsnumberRe<2000
• TurbulentFlow:Turbulentflowreferstoatypeoffluidflowwhereinthefluidundergoesirregularfluctuationsormixing.Thespeedofthefluidatanypointcontinuouslyundergoeschangesbothinmagnitudeaswellasdirectioninturbulentflow.Inturbulentflow,theReynoldsnumber>4000
• TurbulentFlowinCircularPipesTheheadlossinturbulentflowinacircularpipeisdenotedby: hf=2fLv2/D=Δp/ρ
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wherefdenotesthefrictionfactorrepresentedasf=tw/(ρv2/2)
wheretwrepresentsthewallshearstressThevalueofthefrictionfactordependsuponthefollowingparameters:
i. Velocity(v)ii. Densityoffluid(ρ)iii. PipeDiameter(D)iv. Viscosityoffluid(μ)v. AbsoluteRoughness(k)ofthepipe
• VelocityDistributioninTurbulentFlow
Anumberofsemi-theoreticalexpressionshavebeendevelopedfortheshearstressatthewallsofapipeofcircularcross-sectionThevelocityatanypointinthecross-sectionisdefinedbythefollowingexpressionwherein
ThisequationisalsoknownasthePrandtlone-seventhpowerlaw.Thissuggeststhatthevelocityisproportionalto1/7thpowerofthedistancefromthewalls.Inthisexpression,uxdenotesthevelocityatadistanceyfromthewalls,
uCLdenotesthevelocityatthecenterlineofpiperdenotestheradiusofthepipe
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• FlowthroughNon-circularpipesForturbulentflowinapipeofnon-circularcross-section,the‘hydraulicmeandiameter’canbeusedasasubstituteinplaceofthepipediameter.HydraulicMeanDiameterDH=4(HydraulicMeanRadiusrH)HydraulicMeanRadiusiscomputedbydividingtheflowcross-sectionalareabythewettedperimeter.i. ForCircularpipe,DH=Dii. IncaseofanannulusofouterdiaDoandinnerdiaDi
DH=Do-Di
iii. Incaseofaductofrectangularcross-sectionDabyDbDH=2DaDb/(Da+Db)
iv. Incaseofaductofsquarecross-sectionDa
v. DH=Da
• FlowthroughCurvedPipesIncasethepipeiscurved,thevelocitydistributionoverthesectionwillbealteredandthedirectionofflowoffluidwillkeeponchangingcontinuously.Thefrictionallossesaresomehowgreaterincomparisontoastraightpipeofthesamelength.StablelaminarflowpersistsathighervaluesofReynoldsnumberincurvedpipes.
III. EnergyLossesthroughPipes
• MajorEnergyLosses
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HeadLosshf=
Wherefisthecoefficientoffriction
ForLaminarflow,f=789)
ForTurbulentflow,frictionfactorisbasedontheMoodychart.
• MinorEnergyLossesi. LossofHeadduetosuddenenlargement
isdenotedby
ii. Lossofheadduetosuddencontractionisdenotedby
wherekdenotesadynamiclosscoefficient=0.375forCc=0.62
iii. LossofheadduetoObstructioninpipeisdenotedby
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whereAdenotestheareaofpipeAdenotestheareaofobstruction
iv. LossofheadattheEntranceofpipeisdenotedby
v. LossofHeadattheExitofpipe
isdenotedby
vi. LossofHeadduetobendinthepipeisdenotedby
wherekdependsonradiusofcurvature,angleofbendandpipediameter
vii. LossofHeadinvariousPipeFittingsisdenotedby
wherekdependsontypeofpipefittings
IV. EquivalentPipe
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Itreferstoapipeofuniformdiameterhavingequallossofheadanddischargetothatofacompoundpipecomprisingseveralpipesofdifferentlengthsanddiameters.Dupit’sequationisusedtodeterminethesizeoftheequivalentpipe.
V. PowerTransmittedthroughPipesPowertransmittedthroughpipeswillbemaximumwhen
SolvedExamplesfromGATE
Q1. Thevelocityprofileofafullydevelopedlaminarflowinastraightcircularpipe
isdenotedbytheexpression
where𝒅𝒑𝒅𝒙
denotesaconstant.
Thelaminarflowisillustratedbythefigurebelow:
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Computetheaveragevelocityofthefluidinthepipe?
A.
B.
C.
D.
CorrectAnswer:OptionASolution:
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Solvingweget,
Q=AreaxAverageVelocity
Q2.Neglectinglossesinthecylinderandassumingfullydevelopedlaminarviscousflow
throughouttheneedle,theDarcyfrictionfactorisgivenby𝟔𝟒𝑹𝒆whereRedenotesthe
Reynoldsnumber.Assumingtheviscosityofthewatertobe1.0x10-3Kg/ms,computetheforceisNewtonrequiredontheplunger?
A. 0.13B. 0.16C. 0.3D. 4.4
CorrectAnswer:OptionCExplanation:GivenViscosityofWater,v=1.0x10-3Kg/msReynoldsnumberisgivenby
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Re=1000
Now,DarcyFrictionfactorf=8A9)= 8A7BBB
=0.064HeadLossinNeedleisgivenby
=0.3265mofwater
ByapplyingBernoulli’sEquationatpoints1&2,
Sincez1=z2andP2=0
=499.95+3199.7=3699.65
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ForcerequiredonPlunger=P1xA1
=0.3N
Q3Waterisflowingthrougha1KmlongG.I.pipeat25°C.Thediameterofthepipeis200mmandtherateofflowis0.07m3/s.AssumingthevalueoftheDarcyfrictionfactortobe0.02andthedensityofwatertobe1000Kg/m3,ComputethepumpingpowerinKWrequiredtomaintaintheflow?
A. 1.8B. 17.4C. 20.5D. 41.0
CorrectAnswer:OptionBExplanation:
Headlossis
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=9.81x0.07x25.37=17.4KWQ4Themaximumvelocityofa1-dimensionalincompressiblefullydevelopedviscousflowis6m/sbetweentwoparallelplates.Computethemeanvelocityinm/softheflow?
A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 5
CorrectAnswer:OptionCExplanation:
Umax=6m/s
Umean=Umax/1.5
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Umean=87.D=4m/s
HopethatthispostwilldefinitelyfamiliarizeyouwithallaspectsassociatedwithFlowthroughPipes.