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PRESENTATION 13: VISCOUS FLOW IN DUCTS

Four Types of Pipe Flow Problems (textbook, Chapter 6)

• Four Types of Pipe Flow Problems

The Moody chart can be used to solve almost any problem involving friction losses in long pipe flows. However, many such
problems involve considerable iteration and repeated calculations using the chart because the standard Moody chart is
essentially a head-loss chart. One is supposed to know all other variables, compute Red, enter the chart, find f, and hence
compute hf. This is one of four fundamental problems which are commonly encountered in pipe-flow calculations:
1. Given d, L, and V or Q, ρ, μ, and g, compute the head loss hf (head loss problem).
2. Given d, L, hf, ρ, μ, and g, compute the velocity V or flow rate Q (flow rate problem).
3. Given Q, L, hf, ρ, μ, and g, compute the diameter d of the pipe (sizing problem).
4. Given Q, d, hf, ρ, μ, and g, compute the pipe length L.

Only problem 1 is well suited to the Moody chart. We have to iterate to compute velocity or diameter because both d and V are
contained in the ordinate and the abscissa of the chart.
Table 6.1 Recommended Roughness Values for Commercial Ducts

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