Which risk significantly increases when rapid channel flow destabilizes?

💡 Explanation

Increased pipe erosion occurs because high Reynolds number flows trigger a transition towards turbulence; turbulent eddy formation vastly increases shear stress at the pipe wall, therefore leading to a higher erosion rate, rather than any of the other proposed non-turbulent mechanisms.

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