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Why is concrete on its own not a good material to use

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Inga [223]2 years ago

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Answer:

It has poor tensile strength despite having high compressive strength

Explanation:

Concrete exhibits high compressive strength when used. However, it has very low compressive strength. This is the reason why concrete is normally combined with steel to make a composite building material called reinforced concrete. The steel reinforces concrete hence increasing the tensile strength in RC buildings. The end composite is durable and fireproof. Generally, the main reason why concrete is not use on its own is due to its poor tensile strength.

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The required pumping head is 1344.55 m and the pumping power is 236.96 kW

Explanation:

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$\frac{P_{1} }{\gamma } +\frac{V_{1}^{2} }{2g} +z_{1} =\frac{P_{2} }{\gamma } +\frac{V_{2}^{2} }{2g} +z_{2}+h_{i} -h_{pump} , if V_{1} =0,z_{2} =0\\h_{pump} =\frac{V_{2}^{2}}{2} +h_{i}-z_{1}$

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$V_{1} =\frac{0.018}{\frac{\pi *0.06^{2} }{4} } =6.366m/s$

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$Re=\frac{\rho *V*D}{u} =\frac{999.1*6.366*0.06}{1.138x10^{-3} } =335339.4$

$\frac{\epsilon }{D} =\frac{0.00026}{0.06} =0.0043$

Using the graph of Moody, I will select the f value at 0.0043 and 335339.4, as 0.02941

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$h_{1} =\frac{V_{1}^{2} }{2g} (k_{L}+\frac{fL}{D} )=\frac{6.366^{2} }{2*9.8} *(0.5+\frac{0.0294*20}{0.06} )=21.3m$

For the pipe 2, the flow velocity is:

$V_{2} =\frac{0.018}{\frac{\pi *0.03^{2} }{4} } =25.46m/s$

The Reynold´s number is:

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The head of pipe 1 is:

$h_{2} =\frac{V_{2}^{2} }{2g} (k_{L}+\frac{fL}{D} )=\frac{25.46^{2} }{2*9.8} *(0.5+\frac{0.033*36}{0.03} )=1326.18m$

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hi = 1326.18 + 21.3 = 1347.48 m

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$h_{pump} =\frac{25.46^{2} }{2*9.8} +1347.48-36=1344.55m$

The required pumping power is:

$P=Q\rho *g*h_{pump} =0.018*999.1*9.8*1344.55=236965.16W=236.96kW$

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