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    This document discusses pipe friction factor calculations. It explains that the Darcy-Weisbach equation uses a dimensionless friction factor to calculate pipe friction loss. It describes how the Moody chart plots friction factor against Reynolds number and relative roughness. It also gives equations to calculate friction factor for laminar and turbulent flow conditions.

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    This document discusses pipe friction factor calculations. It explains that the Darcy-Weisbach equation uses a dimensionless friction factor to calculate pipe friction loss. It describes how the Moody chart plots friction factor against Reynolds number and relative roughness. It also gives equations to calculate friction factor for laminar and turbulent flow conditions.

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    This document discusses pipe friction factor calculations. It explains that the Darcy-Weisbach equation uses a dimensionless friction factor to calculate pipe friction loss. It describes how the Moody chart plots friction factor against Reynolds number and relative roughness. It also gives equations to calculate friction factor for laminar and turbulent flow conditions.

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    This document discusses pipe friction factor calculations. It explains that the Darcy-Weisbach equation uses a dimensionless friction factor to calculate pipe friction loss. It describes how the Moody chart plots friction factor against Reynolds number and relative roughness. It also gives equations to calculate friction factor for laminar and turbulent flow conditions.

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    Friction Factor Calculations


    The Darcy-Weisbach equation, for calculating the friction loss in a pipe, uses a dimensionless value known as
    the friction factor (also known as the Darcy-Weisbach friction factor or the Moody friction factor) and it is four
    times larger than the Fanning friction factor.

    Friction Factor Chart / Moody Chart


    The friction factor or Moody chart is the plot of the relative roughness (e/D) of a pipe against the
    Reynold's number. The blue lines plot the friction factor for flow in the wholly turbulent region of the
    chart, while the straight black line plots the friction factor for flow in the wholly laminar region of the
    chart.

    In 1944, LF Moody plotted the data from the Colebrook equation and the resulting chart became
    known as The Moody Chart or sometimes the Friction Factor Chart. It was this chart which first
    enabled the user to obtain a reasonably accurate friction factor for turbulent flow conditions, based on
    the Reynolds number and the Relative Roughness of the pipe.

    Friction Factor for Laminar Flow


    The friction factor for laminar flow is calculated by dividing 64 by the Reynold's number.

    Friction factor (for laminar flow) = 64 / Re

    Critical Flow Condition


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    When flow occurs between the Laminar and Turbulent flow conditions (Re 2300 to Re 4000) the flow
    condition is known as critical and is difficult to predict. Here the flow is neither wholly laminar nor
    wholly turbulent. It is a combination of the two flow conditions.

    Friction Factor for Turbulent Flow


    The friction factor for turbulent flow is calculated using the Colebrook-White equation:

    Colebrook-White Equation

    Due to the implicit formation of the Colebrook-White equation, calculation of the friction factor requires
    an iterative solution via numerical methods.

    The friction factor is then used in the Darcy-Weisbach formula to calculate the fluid frictional loss in a
    pipe.

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