Find the pressure head at the lower end of the pipe

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A vertical pipe of 4ft diameter and 60 ft long has a pressure head of 22.7 ft of water at its upper end. when the flow of water through it is such that the mean velocity is 16 fps, the pipe friction head loss is hf = 2.8 ft. find the pressure head at the lower end of the pipe when the flow is a) downward b) upward

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