Question: A rain barrel, shown in the figure below, is designed to catch rainwater off the shed at a local community garden and provide water at

A rain barrel, shown in the figure below, is designed to catch rainwater off the shed at a local community garden and provide water at a spigot. The top of the rain barrel is about 12 ft off the ground and is open to the atmosphere. A PVC pipe with 0.75-inch? inner diameter runs from the base of the rain barrel to a globe valve and spigot located 3 foff the ground. Several pipe fittings are present in the PVCline and K values for each fitting are given in the figure below. The total pipe length is 20 fI and the roughness for PVC pipe is lon=610-5 inches
If the rain barrel is full (water surface 12 ft off the ground), answer the following:
(a) Assume f=0.02? and find the velocity at the exit of the spigot
Velocity =q,fts-1
(b) Find the discharge from the spigot in cfs(assuming f=0.02)
Discharge =q,
(c) Evaluate the initial assumption of f=0.02 and determine your next guess for f. Assume that the water kinematic viscosity is v=110-5ft2s.
f=,33.5610-7-x-1
(d) Assuming the flowrate you calculated in (b) is correct, how long will it take to fill a 5-gallon bucket from this rain barrel? (Note: 1ft3=7.48gal )
Time =q,secsx-15
A rain barrel, shown in the figure below, is

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