Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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ISBN: 9781118912652
Author: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 4, Problem 13P
A 0.3 m by 0.5 m rectangular air duct carries a flow of 0.45 m3/s at a density of 2 kg/m3. Calculate the mean velocity in the duct. If the duct tapers to 0.15 m by 0.5 m size, what is the mean velocity in this section if the density is 1.5 kg/m3 there?
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