Question: Consider a sharp-edged pipe exit for fully developed laminar flow of a fluid. The velocity of the flow is 4 m/s. This minor loss is

Consider a sharp-edged pipe exit for fully developed laminar flow of a fluid. The velocity of the flow is 4 m/s. This minor loss is equivalent to a head loss of

(a) 0.72 m 

(b) 1.16 m 

(c) 1.63 m 

(d) 2.0 m 

(e) 4.0 m

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