Pipe friction & head loss worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
V = 0.6 m/sD = 40 mmν = 0.801 × 10⁻⁶ m²/s

Water at 30 °C (ν = 0.801 × 10⁻⁶ m²/s) flows at a mean velocity of 0.6 m/s through a pipe with an inside diameter of 40 mm. Find the Reynolds number Re.

V = 0.6 m/sD = 40 mmν = 0.801 × 10⁻⁶ m²/s
Re =
2.Easy
Q = 25 L/sD = 100 mmν = 1.14 × 10⁻⁶ m²/s

Water at 15 °C (ν = 1.14 × 10⁻⁶ m²/s) flows through a pipe with an inside diameter of 100 mm at 25 L/s. Find the Reynolds number Re.

Q = 25 L/sD = 100 mmν = 1.14 × 10⁻⁶ m²/s
Re =
3.Medium
V = 1 m/sD = 250 mmL = 1000 mf = 0.03

Water (ρ = 1000 kg/m³) flows at 1 m/s through a horizontal pipe, 1000 m long, with an inside diameter of 250 mm. Use the Darcy friction factor f = 0.03 and g = 9.81 m/s². Find the pressure drop Δp over the pipe in kPa.

V = 1 m/sL = 1000 mD = 250 mmf = 0.03ρ = 1000 kg/m³
Δp = kPa
4.Medium
V = 2.6 m/sD = 75 mmL = 500 mf = 0.022

Water flows at a mean velocity of 2.6 m/s through a pipe 500 m long with an inside diameter of 75 mm. Use the Darcy friction factor f = 0.022 and g = 9.81 m/s². Find the friction head loss hf.

V = 2.6 m/sL = 500 mD = 75 mmf = 0.022g = 9.81 m/s²
hf = m
5.Hard
K = 5free outletH = ?L = 200 m, D = 200 mm, f = 0.0184× bend (K = 0.3)

A pipe 200 m long with an inside diameter of 200 mm (Darcy friction factor f = 0.018) runs from an open reservoir and discharges as a free jet into the air. The minor losses are a square-edged entrance (K = 0.5), 4 bends (K = 0.3 each) and a valve (K = 5). Use g = 9.81 m/s². How far H must the reservoir surface be above the pipe outlet for a flow rate of 60 L/s?

Q = 60 L/sL = 200 mD = 200 mmf = 0.018Kentrance = 0.5Kbend = 0.3 (×4)Kvalve = 5
H = m
6.Hard
K = 0.2Δz = 21 mL = 300 m, D = 250 mm, f = 0.0154× bend (K = 0.3)

Two open reservoirs are joined by a pipe 300 m long with an inside diameter of 250 mm and a Darcy friction factor f = 0.015. The water surface of the upper reservoir is 21 m above that of the lower one. The minor losses are a square-edged entrance (K = 0.5), 4 bends (K = 0.3 each), a valve (K = 0.2) and the exit into the lower reservoir (K = 1.0). Use g = 9.81 m/s². Find the flow rate Q in L/s.

Δz = 21 mL = 300 mD = 250 mmf = 0.015Kentrance = 0.5Kbend = 0.3 (×4)Kvalve = 0.2Kexit = 1.0
Q = L/s

Answer key

  1. 1. Re = 29963
  2. 2. Re = 279219
  3. 3. Δp = 60 kPa
  4. 4. hf = 50.53 m
  5. 5. H = 4.778 m
  6. 6. Q = 217.9 L/s

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