Determination of Head Loss due to Friction and associated Friction Factor

Length of pipe = L = 0.5 m

Diameter of pipe = d = 0.003 m

=1.002 106 m /s
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Obs. Pipe Dia Volu- Time Kinem Manometer Flow Velocity Fricti- Reyn- lnf lnRe lnh lnv
leng of me t -atic 10-3 m rate v on old
-th pipe V viscosi Qv factor no.
L d s -ty h1 h2 h 10
-6
Re
m m 10 -6
m /s
3
m/s 10 -2
m2/s
m3 10-
6
m2/s
1 0.5 0.003 62 20 1.002 32 27 55 3.1 0.439 3.36 1314 -3.39 7.18 -2.9 -0.835
5 0
2 0.5 0.003 79 20 1.002 33 26 70 3.95 0.557 2.63 1673.6 -3.63 7.42 -2.66 -0.585
0 0
3 0.5 0.003 101 20 1.002 34 24 106 5.05 0.714 2.25 2142.3 -3.79 7.7 -2.44 -0.336
6 0
4 0.5 0.003 110 20 1.002 34 23 110 5.5 0.777 2.14 2329.6 -3.84 7.75 -2.2 -0.251
5 5

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For laminar flow: f = Re

For turbulent flow: f= 0.316 Re

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