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Example4:
Apipeconnectedwithatank(diameter3m)hasaninclinationof withthehorizontalandthediameterofthe
pipeis20cm.Determinetheangle?whichwillgiveadeflectionof5minthepipeforagaugepressureof1m
waterinthetank.Liquidinthetankhasaspecificgravityof0.88.
Solution:
Givendata:Diameteroftank=3m
Diameteroftube=20cm
Deflectioninthepipe,L=5m
Fromthefigureshown
h=Lsin
If X m fall of liquid in the tank rises L m in the tube. (Note that the
volume displaced is the same in the tank is equal to the volume
displacedinthepipe)

Fig.Ex4

Differenceofhead=x+h=Lsinq+0.04L/9
And

SubstituteL=5mintheaboveequation.
Answer:=12.870
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