The present pumping rate of crude oil through the Alaska Pipeline, with an ID of 48 in

Chapter 6, Problem p6.2

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The present pumping rate of crude oil through the Alaska Pipeline, with an ID of 48 in, is 550,000 barrels per day (1 barrel 5 42 U.S. gallons). (a) Is this a turbulent fl ow? (b) What would be the maximum rate if the fl ow were constrained to be laminar? Assume that Alaskan oil fi ts Fig. A.1 of the Appendix at 608C.

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