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Pham Son Tung, Ph.D, Faculty of Geology & Petroleum Engineering, HCMUT, Vietnam 10/30/20
q The pressure gradient in the pipe is given by:
dP f Moody r V 2
= - r g sin(q ) -
dz d 2
dP g q 2
= -0.433 g sin(q ) - 1.1471 ´ 10 - 5 f Moody 5
dz d
in
q The moody friction factor can be estimated using 16
correlations such as: é ù
1 ê ú
é 8 12 ù 1
A = ê 2.457 ln ú
12 16
æ ö 1 æ 37530 ö
f Moody = 8 êç ÷ + ú ê æ 7 ö
0.9
æ e öú B=ç ÷
3 ê ç ÷ + 0.27 ç ÷ú è Re ø
êè Re ø ú
(A + B) 2 û ë è Re ø è d øû
ë
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Pham Son Tung, Ph.D, Faculty of Geology & Petroleum Engineering, HCMUT, Vietnam 10/30/20
Relative
Laminar Critical Zone Transition Complete Turbulent Roughness
0.10 e
0.09 e 3500
= d
0.08 d Re
0.07 0.05
0.06
Moody Friction Factor
0.05 0.02
0.015
0.04 0.010
0.006
0.03 64
f Moody =
Re
0.002
0.02 0.001
0.0006
0.0002
Smooth Pipe
0.0001
0.00005
0.01