Consider the simple pipe network below. Pipe AB and CF are both 500m long with diameters of 0.8m and friction factors of 0.015. Branch 1 is 200m long, 0.5m in diameter with a friction factor of 0.02. Branch 2 is 300m long, 0.6m in diameter with a friction factor of 0.012. The design discharge through pipe AB is 3m 3 /s. Determine the following: a) the equivalent pipe length, Leq, of a single equivalent pipe with a diameter of 1m and friction factor of 0.02, that represents the entire pipe network from A to F, b) determine the total head loss from A to F. Ignore minor losses. (Hint: need to use method of equivalent pipes for both series and parallel)

Consider the simple pipe network below. Pipe AB and CF are both 500m long with
diameters of 0.8m and friction factors of 0.015. Branch 1 is 200m long, 0.5m in diameter with a friction
factor of 0.02. Branch 2 is 300m long, 0.6m in diameter with a friction factor of 0.012. The design
discharge through pipe AB is 3m 3 /s. Determine the following: a) the equivalent pipe length, Leq, of a
single equivalent pipe with a diameter of 1m and friction factor of 0.02, that represents the entire pipe
network from A to F, b) determine the total head loss from A to F. Ignore minor losses. (Hint: need to
use method of equivalent pipes for both series and parallel)