Velocity Profile in a Circular Pipe

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Parameters
Pressure gradient (dpdz)
Pipe radius
Flow consistency index (K)
Flow behavior index (n)

Pa m-1
m
Pa sn

100
0.1
0.001
1

Velocity Profile of
Power Law Fluids

Results
-1

Velocity (m s )
250
249.975
249.9
249.775
249.6
249.375
249.1
248.775
248.4
247.975
247.5
246.975
246.4
245.775
245.1
244.375
243.6
242.775
241.9
240.975
240
238.975
237.9
236.775
235.6
234.375
233.1
231.775
230.4
228.975
227.5
225.975
224.4
222.775

0.12
Radial Position (m)

Radial Position (m)

0
0.001
0.002
0.003
0.004
0.005
0.006
0.007
0.008
0.009
0.01
0.011
0.012
0.013
0.014
0.015
0.016
0.017
0.018
0.019
0.02
0.021
0.022
0.023
0.024
0.025
0.026
0.027
0.028
0.029
0.03
0.031
0.032
0.033

0.1
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0
0

50

100

150

Axial Velocity (m/s)

0.034
0.035
0.036
0.037
0.038
0.039
0.04
0.041
0.042
0.043
0.044
0.045
0.046
0.047
0.048
0.049
0.05
0.051
0.052
0.053
0.054
0.055
0.056
0.057
0.058
0.059
0.06
0.061
0.062
0.063
0.064
0.065
0.066
0.067
0.068
0.069
0.07
0.071
0.072
0.073
0.074
0.075
0.076
0.077
0.078
0.079
0.08

221.1
219.375
217.6
215.775
213.9
211.975
210
207.975
205.9
203.775
201.6
199.375
197.1
194.775
192.4
189.975
187.5
184.975
182.4
179.775
177.1
174.375
171.6
168.775
165.9
162.975
160
156.975
153.9
150.775
147.6
144.375
141.1
137.775
134.4
130.975
127.5
123.975
120.4
116.775
113.1
109.375
105.6
101.775
97.9
93.975
90

0.081
0.082
0.083
0.084
0.085
0.086
0.087
0.088
0.089
0.09
0.091
0.092
0.093
0.094
0.095
0.096
0.097
0.098
0.099
0.1

85.975
81.9
77.775
73.6
69.375
65.1
60.775
56.4
51.975
47.5
42.975
38.4
33.775
29.1
24.375
19.6
14.775
9.9
4.975
-3.46945E-13

ty Profile of
r Law Fluids

150

200

Axial Velocity (m/s)

250

300