FLUID MECHANICS-PHYSICAL ACCESS CODE
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.184P
The large turbine in Fig. P3.184 diverts the river flow under a dam as shown. System friction losses are hf= 3.5V2/(2g), where V is the average velocity in the supply pipe. For what river flow rate in m3/s will the power extracted be 25 MW? Which of the two possible solutions has a better "conversion efficiency"?
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Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.1PCh. 3 - Consider the angular momentum relation in the form...Ch. 3 - For steady low-Reynolds-number (laminar) flow...Ch. 3 - Water at 20°C flows through a long elliptical duct...Ch. 3 - Water at 20°C flows through a 5-in-diameter smooth...Ch. 3 - Water fills a cylindrical tank to depth h. The...Ch. 3 - A spherical tank, of diameter 35 cm, is leaking...Ch. 3 - Three pipes steadily deliver water at 20°C to a...Ch. 3 - A laboratory test tank contains seawater of...Ch. 3 - Water flowing through an 8-cm-diameter pipe enters...
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P3.130 In Fig. P3.130 the fluid is gasoline at...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.131PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.132PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.133PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.134PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.135PCh. 3 - Air, assumed frictionless, flows through a tube,...Ch. 3 - In Fig. P3.137 the piston drives water at 20°C....Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.138PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.139PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.140PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.141PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.142PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.143PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.144PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.145PCh. 3 - The pump in Fig. P3.146 draws gasoline at 20°C...Ch. 3 - The very large water tank in Fig. P3.147 is...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.148PCh. 3 - P3.149 The horizontal lawn sprinkler in Fig....Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.150PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.151PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.152PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.153PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.154PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.155PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.156PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.157PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.158PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.159PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.160PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.161PCh. 3 - The waterwheel in Fig. P3.162 is being driven at...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.163PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.164PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.165PCh. 3 - A power plant on a river, as in Fig. P3.166, must...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.167PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.168PCh. 3 - P3.169 When the pump in Fig. P3.169 draws 220 m3/h...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.170PCh. 3 - P3.171 Consider a turbine extracting energy from a...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.172PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.173PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.174PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.175PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.176PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.177PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.178PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.179PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.180PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.181PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.182PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.183PCh. 3 - The large turbine in Fig. P3.184 diverts the river...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.185PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1WPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.2WPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.3WPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.4WPCh. 3 - W3.5 Consider a long sewer pipe, half full of...Ch. 3 - Put a table tennis ball in a funnel, and attach...Ch. 3 - How does a siphon work? Are there any limitations...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.1FEEPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.2FEEPCh. 3 - In Fig, FE3.1 water exits from a nozzle into...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.4FEEPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.5FEEPCh. 3 - FE3.6 A fireboat pump delivers water to a...Ch. 3 - A fireboat pump delivers water to a vertical...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.8FEEPCh. 3 - Water flowing in a smooth 6-cm-diameter pipe...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.10FEEPCh. 3 - In a certain industrial process, oil of density ...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.2CPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.3CPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.4CPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.5CPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1DP
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