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1) Water is flowing through a horizontal pipe of constant diameter and the flow is laminar. The diameter ( ) of the pipe is , the average linear velocity is , the viscosity is , and the density is . Calculate the following: a) Shear stress at the wall. b) Shear stress and velocity at from the pipe wall. c) What percentage of the total flow passes through a cylindrical shell at the center of the pipe with a radius of ? Note: It is not required to derive the equations, you can directly use the related equations.


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To calculate the values requested, we can use the Hagen-Poiseuille equation for laminar flow in a pipe:

a) Shear stress at the wall: The shear stress at the wall of a pipe can be calculated using the formula:    where:            
Substituting the g...
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