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A horizontal Venturimeter with inlet diameter 300 mm and throat diameter 150 mm is used to...

A horizontal Venturimeter with inlet diameter 300 mm and throat diameter 150 mm is used to measure the flow of water. The pressure at inlet is 24 N/cm2 and the vacuum pressure (p2)at the throat is 320 mm of mercury. Find the discharge and velocity through the pipe .The value of Cd may be taken as 0.98.

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