Flow Rate

Practice Questions

AP Physics 2 › Flow Rate

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Pipe has radius , and pipe has radius . The two pipes are connected. In order for the speed of water in pipe to be times as great as the speed in pipe , what must be ?

2

Water is flowing through a diameter pipe at . Oil is flowing through a square pipe at . Which has the higher volumetric flow rate?

3

Suppose that water flows from a pipe with a diameter of 1m into another pipe of diameter 0.5m. If the speed of water in the first pipe is , what is the speed in the second pipe?

4

How can the velocity of fluid through a pipe be increased?

5

A tank is completely full of water to the height of . On the side of the tank, at the very bottom a small hole is punctured. With what velocity does water flow though the hole at the bottom of the water tank?

6

Water is flowing through a pipe of radius at a velocity of . The pipe then narrows to a radius of . Determine the new velocity.

7

A pipe narrows from a diameter to a diameter. What is the velocity of the fluid when it exits the pipe (at the end) if it entered the pipe at ?

8

A syringe has a cross-sectional area of and the needle attached to the syringe has a cross-sectional area of . The fluid in the syringe is pushed with a speed of , with what velocity does the fluid exit the needle opening?

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A pipe has fluid flowing through it. Which of the following situations will occur if a section of the pipe is compressed resulting in a small area?

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Water is flowing through a horizontal cylindrical tube. By what factor does the velocity change by if the circumference of the tube doubles?

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