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Homework Statement
I am having trouble with calculating the required pump pressure in a horizontal water pipe, 3Km long. i know that the flowrate is 600Kg/s, average velocity 5.6m/s, cross-sectional area of pipe is 0.107143m^2 and losses due to friction average 0.002 per meter
Homework Equations
pressure=force/area
bernoulli's equation
The Attempt at a Solution
pressure = (flowrate x G)/cross-sectional area
= (600 x 9.81) / 0.107143 = 54935.92 Pa
i think that this is the pressure at the end of the pipe however i am unsure how to caculate the pump pressure given the frictional loss coefficient. i have had very little teaching in fluid mechanics but have researched Bernoulli's equation however i cannot see how it, is applicable to this problem is there any other equations i could use given the known elements
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