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Example1:PressuredropforLaminarFlowinstraightpipe

Background
TheexamplesprovideacomparisonofAioFloresultswithpublisheddatafromwellknownandrespectedreferencesthataregenerally
accessible to engineers. This will allow prospective AioFlo users to validate its accuracy against a range of typical calculations. The
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Description
Thisisthemostbasiccalculationforpipeflowitcalculatesthepressuredropoveragivenlengthofstraightpipeunderlaminarflow
conditionswithoutanyfittings,andneglectingentranceandexiteffects.Thereisnochangeinelevationbetweenentranceandexit.

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ProblemReference
FlowofFluidsthroughValves,Fittings,andPipe.1999,CraneCo.,TP410M,Page312,Example1

FluidDetails
Flowrate: 3000liter/minute
Phase: Liquid(incompressible)
Density: 897kg/m
Viscosity: 450centipoise

PipeDetails
Insidediameter: 154.05mm(6.065")
Roughness: Notrequired
Length: 100m
Fittings: None

TobeCalculated
Thefrictionpressuredropper100mofstraightlength

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YoucanrunthisexampleinAioFlobydownloadingandopeningthedatafile.

ComparisonofResults

CalculatedItem Reference AioFlo

ReynoldsNumber 825 823.8
FlowRegime Laminar Laminar
PressureDrop(bar/100m) 1.63 1.628

Discussion
TherelationshipbetweenfrictionpressuredropandvelocityintheLaminarFlowregimeisoneofthefewproblemsinhydraulicsthat
canbesolvedentirelyanalytically.ThisproblemwasfirstsolvedbyHagen(1839)andPoiseuille(1840).Theequationdevelopedby
thesetwoscientists(andnamedtheHagenPoiseuilleEquationintheirhonor)showsthatthepressuredropisafunctiononlyofthe
fluid viscosity and velocity and the pipe diameter. The roughness of the pipe is not relevant in calculating the pressure drop in
LaminarFlow.Asomewhatsurprisingresultisthatthefrictionpressuredrop(expressedinpressureterms)istotallyindependentof
thedensitywhenthevelocity,viscosityandpipediameterareheldconstant.ThisistrueofLaminarFlowonly.

Under these simple circumstances it is to be expected that AioFlo results closely match the published reference values, subject to
differencesinrounding.

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