A dimensionless combination of variables that is important in the study of viscous flow through pipes is called the Reynolds number, Re, defined as ???/? where, as indicated in Fig. 11, ? is the fluid density, V the mean fluid velocity, D the pipe diameter, and the fluid viscosity. A Newtonian fluid having a viscosity of 0.38 ? . ?/?² and a specific gravity of 0.91 flows through a 25‐mmdiameter pipe with a velocity of 2.6 ?/?. Determine the value of the Reynolds number using (a) SI units, and (b) BG units.

A dimensionless combination of variables that is important in the study of viscous flow through pipes is called the Reynolds number, Re, defined as ???/? where, as indicated in Fig. 11, ? is the fluid density, V the mean fluid velocity, D the pipe diameter, and the fluid viscosity. A Newtonian fluid having a viscosity of 0.38 ? . ?/?² and a specific gravity of 0.91 flows through a 25‐mmdiameter pipe with a velocity of 2.6 ?/?. Determine the value of the Reynolds number using (a) SI units, and (b) BG units.

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