CRANE APPENOIX A-PHYSICAL PROPERTlES OF FLUIOS ANO FLOW CHARACTERISTlCS OF VALVES, FITTINGS, ANO PIPE A-23

Relative Roughness of Pipe Materials and Friction Factors

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For Complete Turbulence

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Data extracted f rom Friclion
Faclors lor PiPe Flow by L.F. Problem: Determine absolute and relative roughness, and friction fac-
Moody, with pcrmission of the tor, for fully turbulent flow in lo-inch cast iron pipe (1.0. = 10.16").
publisher. The American Soci-
cty of Mechanical Enginccrs. Solution: Absolute roughness (f) = 0.00085 . . . . . Relative roughness
29 West 39th Strcct, New York. (f/ O) = 0.001 . . . . . F riction factor at fully turbulent flow (f) = 0.01 q6.
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