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Consider steady, viscous, fully developed flow of a fluid through a circular pipe of internal diameter D. We know that the velocity profile forms a paraboloid about the pipe centre line, given by :  V = C ( r 2 D 2 4 ) m/s, where C is a constant. The rate of kinetic energy (in J/s) at the control surface A-B, as shown in the figure, is proportional to Dn. The value of n is ________.

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Answer :

Correct answer is : 8

K . E = o R 1 2 ( ρ v 2 π r . d r ) v 2 = o R 1 2 ρ v 3 2 π r . d r

K . E = o R 1 2 ρ 2 π r . [ C ( r 2 D 2 4 ) ] 3 d r

v = C ( r 2 D 2 4 ) = C ( r 2 R 2 ) = C ( R 2 r 2 )

K . E = o R ρ π r [ C ( R 2 r 2 ) ] 3 d r

K . E = o R ρ π C 3 R 6 [ ( 1 r 2 R 2 ) ] 3 r d r

Now,

∵ (a - b)3 = a3 – b3 – 3ab (a - b)

K . E = ρ π C 3 R 6 o R ( 1 r 2 R 2 ) 3 r d r

K . E = ρ C 3 π R 6 0 R [ 1 r 6 R 6 3 r 2 R 2 ( 1 r 2 R 2 ) ] r d r

K . E = ρ C 3 π R 6 0 R [ r r 7 R 6 3 r 3 R 2 ( 1 r 2 R 2 ) ] d r

K . E = ρ C 3 π R 6 [ r 2 2 r 8 8 R 6 3 R 2 r 4 4 + 3 R 4 r 6 6 ] 0 R

K . E = ρ C 3 π R 6 [ R 2 2 R 2 8 3 4 R 2 + 1 2 R 2 0 ]

K . E = ρ C 3 π R 6 [ 4 R 2 R 2 6 R 2 + 4 R 2 8 ] = ρ C 3 π R 6 R 2 8 = ρ C 3 π 8 R 8

K . E = ρ C 3 π 8 D 8 256

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