We just started flow rate in our physics class and there was a question that said the velocity is 0.5m/s and the interior diameter is 0.03m. What is the flow rate? Any help would be great
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We just started flow rate in our physics class and there was a question that said the velocity is 0.5m/s and the interior diameter is 0.03m. What is the flow rate? Any help would be great
You have a diameter and a length. Go figure
The flow rate is volume / time. You know the velocity in meters per second
The flow rate is
So, to get from meters/sec to meters^3/sec, you multiply by meters^2. What value would have dimensions of meters^2? Why, the internal area of the pipe! (The area of a cross-section of the pipe).
You know the diameter of the pipe so you can easily calculate the internal radius of the pipe.
Once you know the radius, you can calculate the cross-sectional area of the pipe:
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