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Hydraulic Engineering Homework Solutions

This document contains the problems for Homework #6 in the CE 331 Hydraulic Engineering course. Problem 1 asks students to solve Question 9.6 from the textbook. Problem 2 asks students to solve Question 9.8 from the textbook. Problem 3 involves calculating the flow rate through a pipe system given pump performance data, pipe dimensions and properties, and considering frictional and local losses. Problem 4 asks students to determine the operating point for a given pump curve and system curve by expressing the pump curve as an equation and finding the best fit value of c. Problem 5 asks students to calculate the head a larger, higher rpm pump can add given performance data for a smaller pump.

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Hydraulic Engineering Homework Solutions

This document contains the problems for Homework #6 in the CE 331 Hydraulic Engineering course. Problem 1 asks students to solve Question 9.6 from the textbook. Problem 2 asks students to solve Question 9.8 from the textbook. Problem 3 involves calculating the flow rate through a pipe system given pump performance data, pipe dimensions and properties, and considering frictional and local losses. Problem 4 asks students to determine the operating point for a given pump curve and system curve by expressing the pump curve as an equation and finding the best fit value of c. Problem 5 asks students to calculate the head a larger, higher rpm pump can add given performance data for a smaller pump.

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CE 331 – Hydraulic Engineering Homework #6

Problem 1 (10 points)


Question 9.6 from the textbook.

Problem 2 (10 points)


Question 9.8 from the textbook.

Problem 3 (20 points)

Water (10 °C, γ = 9810 N/m3, μ = 1.31 x 10‐3 N∙s/m2, ρ = 999.7 kg/m3, pv = 2.34 kPa) is pumped from the
reservoir on the left through galvanized iron pipe (ks = 0.15 mm) to the reservoir on the right. The
suction section of the pipe is 6‐m long and the discharge section of the pipe is 130 meters long. Both
pipes have a diameter of 0.400‐m. Assume an atmospheric pressure of 101.325 kPa. The pump
performance equation is: hp = 35 – 19.4Q2.
a) Considering frictional and local losses, what is the flow rate?
b) If NPSHR = 7.8 m, would there be cavitation?
Elev.
K= 0.9 885.9 m

Elev.
876.4 m
4-m
K= 1

K= 1

Problem 4 (20 points)

You have received the following pump curve figure from a manufacturer. For a system curve of hp = 30 +
2.0Q2, what will be the operating point? In other words, what flow rate can this pump achieve in the
given system? (Hint: you should express this pump curve as an equation, in the form of hp = yint – cQ2.
To do this you will need to “digitize” the given curve into a data table, and then use MS Excel to find the
value of c that yields the best fit, in the form of the smallest average of the difference squared between
the known head and predicted head for a given flow rate Q.)
C = ______

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Problem 5 (10 points)

A 850 rpm electric motor is driving a 4‐inch diameter pump that has the following performance curve
(with head units of feet and flow rate units of cfs): hp = 22 – 1.2Q2.

If an analogous 6‐inch diameter pump is used at 1150 rpm, how much head can the pump add at a flow
of 9 cfs?

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