ashle47860
Jul 11, 2005, 01:59 PM
If you have water flowing through an 8 inch diameter storm sewer at a rate of 12 cubic feet per min. Howe would you calculate the linear velocity in feet per second of the flow?
drnikitin
Jul 13, 2005, 02:52 AM
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[email protected]fizixx
Jul 29, 2005, 05:44 PM
Ok... if the pipe is totally filled with water as it exits then you can say that you have a 'disk' of water with area (a) = (pi)r^2
r = radius of the pipe = (8/2)" = 4" = 1/3 ft (need to keep everything in the same units)
a = 0.35 ft^2
a volume of 12 (ft^3)/min means you have a cylinder of water that has an area as described above but has a length of:
Volume(v) = area x length
==> v = aL
==> L = v/a = [12 ft^3]/[0.35 ft^2] = 34.28 ft
So...
... in one minute you have a length of water of 34.28 ft that is traversed.
That's a rate of 34.28 ft/min... or in more familiar units:
34.28 ft/min = 0.57 ft/s [This is about 0.39 mph for your reference]