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Which mechanism causes increased pipe wall shear stress when fluid flow increases?

A)Decreased fluid boundary layer thickness
B)Increased fluid dynamic viscosity
C)Reduced fluid turbulent kinetic energy
D)Decreased viscous sublayer formation

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Increased flow results in smaller boundary layer owing to increased energy through the stream causing decreased thickness explained by the Prandtl boundary layer equation; therefore stress increases, rather than decreasing because a thicker layer decreases shear.

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