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0.1
0.09 Laminar Transitional Turbulent
flow flow flow
0.08 Fully rough turbulent flow ( f levels off )
0.07 0.05
0.04
0.06
0.03
0.05
0.02
Lam

0.015
inar

0.04
Darcy friction factor, f

0.01
flow,

Relative roughness, e/D

0.008
0.006
f=6

0.03
0.004
4/Re

0.025
0.002
0.02 0.001
0.0008
0.0006
0.0004
0.015
Smooth pipes 0.0002
e/D = 0
0.0001

0.01 0.00005
e/D = 0.000005
0.009
e/D = 0.000001
0.008 0.00001
3 4 5 6 7
103 2(10 ) 3 4 5 6 8 104 2(10 ) 3 4 5 6 8 105 2(10 ) 3 4 5 6 8 106 2(10 ) 3 4 5 6 8 107 2(10 ) 3 4 5 6 8 108
Reynolds number, Re

L V2
The Moody chart for the friction factor for fully developed flow in circular pipes for use in the head loss relation h 5 f . Friction factors in the
D 2g
1 e/D 2.51
turbulent flow are evaluated from the Colebrook equation 5 22 log10 a 1 b.
!f 3.7 Re !f
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