Question: Question 3 : ( 4 0 points ) Two large reservoirs at different elevations are connected through a circular pipe as shown in the schematic.

Question 3: (40 points)
Two large reservoirs at different elevations are connected through a circular pipe as shown in the schematic. The pipe has a uniform diameter of Dpipe, a total length of Lpipe,4 elbows (with loss coefficients of KL, elbow for each of the elbows), and a fully-open valve (with a loss coefficient of KL,valve). The loss coefficients of the entrance and exit of the pipe are KL, entrance and KL, exit, respectively. The pipe is made of cast iron, and the roughness of the cast iron pipe is cast iron =0.00085ft. For the volume flow rate within the pipe, Q.[use the parameter values given in the image next to the schematic]:
(a) Is the flow in the pipe laminar or turbulent? Show your calculations.
(b) Calculate the friction factor in the pipe using the Colebrook equation. [Iterate until your friction factor value converges to less than 10% between iterations and show the intermediate results of your iterations].
(c) What is the elevation difference between the free surfaces of the two reservoirs (i.e. h in the schematic)?
[The density and dynamic viscosity of water are =1.94 slug ?ft3 and =0.20410-4 slug/f-s, gravity acts downward in the schematic; consider atmospheric conditions outside the reservoirs].
Dprev=2 inches
Lpire=120ft
KLelbow=0.3 gor each elbow
KL,value=0.2
Khentrance=0.03
KL,exit=1.0
castiran=0.00085
Q=10ft3?minute
Question 3 : ( 4 0 points ) Two large reservoirs

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