Oil flows through the Alaska pipe line on a clear, sunny day. The flow in the pipe can best be classified as:

(A) Uniform
(B) Developed
(C) Two-dimensional
(D) Cylindrical


(B) Developed

The flow is definitely not 2D nor is it cylindrical (this is not a type of flow, only a certain coordinate system), so that leaves either (A) or (B). The flow would be at most one-dimensional, u = u(r). It is certainly a developed flow, i.e., the velocity does not depend on the flow direction, u ? u(x).

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