Moody Chart Solver

J. M. Cimbala, written August 2003; latest update 05 January 2012

This worksheet enables a user to specify a Reynolds number and a roughness factor, and the Darcy friction factor for pipe flow is calculated.
Change values ONLY in the yellow highlighted cells.
Enter the Reynolds number: Re = 3.38E+05
Enter the dimensionless roughness factor: e/D = 0.01

Result from Colebrook equation (Moody chart): f= 0.03808

Do not mess with the hidden cells below:

calculated.
 L D e e/D v
(ft) (ft) (ft) (ft /s)
2

Tubería 1 3000 1 0.001 0.0010 3E-05

Tubería 2 2000 0.6667 0.0001 0.0002 3E-05
Tubería 3 4000 1.3333 0.0008 0.0006 3E-05

QT= 12 ft3/s Q Re f
Suponer: Q01= 4 ft3/s 4.0000 169,764.88 0.02125
hp1 = 25.6763

h_p=f_1 L_1/D_1 Suponer: Q02=

(u_1^2)/2g
h_p=f_1
f2 Q2 Re2
〖 8L 〗 _1/(D_1^5
) (〖 0.01 2.5915 164982
Q 〗 _1^2)/(π^2 g) 0.01757 1.9551 124466
0.01834 1.9136 121825
0.0184 1.9105 121626
0.0184

Corregir el caudal:
Q Re
Q1 3.5765 151,790
Q2 1.7082 108,748
Q3 6.7153 213,754
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2
hp
A
25.6763 3

Suponer: Q03=

f3 Q3 Re3
0.01 10.3661 329964
0.01864 7.5927 241681
0.01903 7.5145 239192
0.01905 7.5105 239066
0.01905

f hp Q 13.4210 3.57648073
0.02142 20.5269 1.70822049
0.01874 20.9062 6.71529878
0.01921 20.6993 62.1325
20.7108
B
 L (m) D(m) E E/D v
Tuberia 1 600 0.3 0.003 0.01 1.01E-06
Tuberia 2 300 0.2 0.001 0.005 1.01E-06
Tuberia 3 500 0.2027 4.6E-05 0.00022694 1.14E-06

Suponer J = 26

f3 Q3 Re3 f2 Q2 Re2
0.01 0.1221 6.72E+05 0.1 0.0161 1.02E+05
0.01541 0.0984 5.41E+05 0.03129 0.0287 1.82E+05
1.57E-02 0.0976 5.37E+05 0.03089 0.0289 1.83E+05
1.57E-02 0.03089

f1 Q1 Re1
0.1 0.0626 2.64E+05
0.03813 0.1014 4.27E+05
0.03805 0.1015 4.28E+05 0.1265 no 0.1015
0.03805

Suponer J = 22
f3 Q3 Re3 f2 Q2 Re2
0.01 0.0814 4.48E+05 0.1 0.0254 1.61E+05
0.03064 0.0465 2.56E+05 0.03096 0.0457 2.89E+05
0.03084 0.0464 2.55E+05 0.0307 0.0459 2.90E+05
0.03085 0.0463 2.55E+05 0.0307

f1 Q1 Re1
0.1 0.0495 2.09E+05
0.03819 0.0801 3.38E+05
0.03808 0.0802 3.38E+05 0.0922 no 0.0802
0.03808