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Find the velocity of the flow of an oil through pipe when the difference of mercury level in a differential U - tube manomete

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Sol:- option- (b) Given! Mano meter reading (zm) - too mm coitmm of oila 0.8 = 5t specific gravity of mercury = 13,625m speci

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Answer to the same problem available in.  Revised Ninth edition of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines by R.K.Bansal. You can find it in Chapter6 as an example problem under Pitot Tube topic. 

source: Revised Ninth edition of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines by R.K.Bansal
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