When the pipes are in series, the total head loss is equal to the sum of the head loss in each pipe.

More Questions from Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics

• An open tank containing liquid is made to move from rest with a uniform acceleration. The angle 0 which the free surface of liquid makes with the horizontal is such that (where a = Horizontal acceleration of the tank, and g = Acceleration due to gravity)
• The tendency of a liquid to uplift a submerged body, because of the upward thrust of the liquid, is known as buoyancy.
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• The ratio of the inertia force to the gravity force is called Froude number.
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• A manometer can be used to measure vacuum pressures.

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