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Which outcome occurs in a gas pipeline when throughput exceeds design limits, creating localized pressure fluctuations?

A)Increased energy dissipation by viscous forces
B)Decreased convective heat transfer efficiency
C)Laminar flow regime stabilization downstream
D)Sonic boom propagation along pipeline walls

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Increased energy dissipation occurs, because exceeding limits causes turbulence; the turbulent flow regime converts kinetic energy into thermal energy via viscous dissipation, therefore increasing losses locally, rather than maintaining efficient momentum transfer, unlike laminar flow.

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