Saint Mary’s University

Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya Hydro 311

School of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

Fluid Flow in Pipes

SHOW YOUR SOLUTIONS WITH PROPER UNITS.
STORE VALUES. ROUND to Two decimal places & BOX your final answers.

PROBLEM SOLVING
Situation 1. The horizontal 30-cm diameter pipeline with friction factor equal to 0.025 has a leak. Upstream from the
leak, two gages 600m apart show a pressure difference of 140kPa. Downstream from the leak two gages 600m
apart shows a pressure difference of 126kPa.
a.) What is the discharge in the inlet?
b.) What is the discharge in the outlet?
c.) How much water, in liters/sec, is being lost from the pipe?

Situation 2. A certain liquid flows in a smooth pipe with the following specifications:
Length of pipe=20m, Re=1800, HL=30m and D=10mm.
a.) What is the friction factor?
b.) What is the value of the kinematic viscosity of the liquid in m2/s?
c.) What is the discharge in liters/min?

Situation 3. Water flows in a 400-mm diameter pipe at the rate of 600 lit/sec. The pipe has a length of 60m.
a.) Compute the headloss with f=0.028.
b.) Compute the headloss with C1=92.
c.) Compute the headloss with n=0.013.

Situation 4. A turbine is installed between reservoirs A and B whose difference in water surface elevation is 140m.
The pipe connecting the reservoir has a diameter of 250mm and is 180m long. The flow of water is 180L/s. Use
Hazen William’s Constant C1=100.
a.) Determine the headloss in the pipe due to friction.
b.) What is the head extracted by the turbine?
c.) What is the power generated by the turbine assuming 90% efficiency?

Situation 5. Water flows from point 1 to point 2 with the following conditions: Discharge= 280L/s, D=300mm, and
Difference in elevation=360m. P2-P1=80kPa when the valve is close while P1-P2=170kPa when the valve is opened.
a.) What is the elevation of point 1?
b.) What is the headloss between points 1 and 2 when the valve is opened?
c.) What is the length of the pipe from points 1 and 2 assuming f=0.03.