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[irshi_amu]

How is pressure of fluid related to flow. if one pipe of dia. D gives discharge to other two pipes of less dia.say D2, then how is pressure related between the one existing in original pipe to the one in new line?

[Art Montemayor]

Irshi:

Please study what you want to ask. Your question (you don’t even indicate a question mark at the end) doesn’t make engineering sense. You have presumed that fluid pressure is related to fluid flow. The fluid pressure is a driving force that determines if there will be a flow of the fluid – and how fast that will occur. It is analogous to electrical voltage and how it affects electrical flow (amperage). Without a driving force you cannot have a flow.

If you want to inquire as to what happens when you join one pipe to two others, you must furnish a sketch or a drawing of what it is that you want to describe – and do it in detail, with dimensions. There are various ways you can join a pipe to two others and we don’t have the time to try to find out which one you mean. Help us help you out by you doing your work and describing to us exactly what you mean.

When you say you have a pressure in a pipe, that is not enough information. We must know WHERE in that pipe is the pressure you are alluding to – is it at the beginning or at the end of the pipe?