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13- Air is flowing through a venturi meter whose diameter is 6.6 𝑐𝑚 at the
entrance part (location 1) and 4.6 𝑐𝑚 at the throat (location 2). The gage
pressure is measured to be 84 𝑘𝑃𝑎 at the entrance and 81 𝑘𝑃𝑎 at the throat.
Neglecting frictional effects, show that the volume flow rate can be
expressed as
𝟐(𝑷𝟏− 𝑷𝟐 )
𝑸 = 𝑨𝟐
√ 𝑨𝟐 𝟐
𝝆 (𝟏 − ( ) )
𝑨𝟏
And determine the flow rate of air. Take the air density to be 1.2 𝑘𝑔/𝑚3.
14- An incompressible gas flow in a pipe is passed through a venturi meter.
The pipe diameter is𝐷2 = 4.1 inches , and the diameter of the throat of the
venturi meter𝐷1 = 2.2 inches. The gas flow in the main pipe has a
velocity 𝑉2 = 14.3 ft/s . If the static pressure difference between the
venturi’s inlet and throat is measured using a U-tube water manometer,
calculate the height between the two columns. Assume 1-D flow and no
losses. Also assume that 𝜌𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 1.94 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔/𝑓𝑡 3 and𝜌𝑔𝑎𝑠 = 0.0023 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔/
𝑓𝑡 3 .