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← ScienceWhich 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
💡 Explanation
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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