Consider laminar flow entering a tube. Before the fluid enters, the velocity profile is constant and equal to to. The tube diameter is D and radius R. You are interested in estimating how much distance the fluid must travel into the tube before the classic Poiseuille parabolic velocity profile is established- this distance is called the "entrance length" or Zent. Using boundary layer theory, which of the following would be a reasonable estimate? (Hint: assume as flow enters the tube, you can model the growing viscous boundary layer as laminar flow over a flat plate, and note that the Reynolds number for a tube is Rep Dee where v= %3D Zent = (Rep) Zent = D (Rep)2 Zent =. Rep %3D O Zent = R-Rep O None of the above.

Consider laminar flow entering a tube. Before the fluid enters, the velocity profile is constant and equal to to. The tube diameter is D and radius R. You are interested in estimating how much distance the fluid must travel into the tube before the classic Poiseuille parabolic velocity profile is established- this distance is called the "entrance length" or Zent. Using boundary layer theory, which of the following would be a reasonable estimate? (Hint: assume as flow enters the tube, you can model the growing viscous boundary layer as laminar flow over a flat plate, and note that the Reynolds number for a tube is Rep Dee where v= %3D Zent = (Rep) Zent = D (Rep)2 Zent =. Rep %3D O Zent = R-Rep O None of the above.

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