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Problem description
below:
Where:
f: friction factor [-]
: roughness [m]
Dh : hydraulic diameter - for pipes is equal to the internal diameter [m]
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Solutions
Here we will discuss about five different approaches to the above equation. The degree of accuracy differs for each
approach, as well as the level of difficulty.
1. Iteration process
By changing the values of friction factor we can find the solution using the trial and error method. However, this can
easily be done in an Excel worksheet using goal seek.
The Swamee Jains equation is used in order to find directly the friction factor in a full-flowing circular pipe. It is an
approximation of the Colebrook & Whites equation.
3. Haaland's equation
Haaland in 1983 simplified the Colebrook & Whites equation to the following equation:
4. Serghides' equations
The last two solutions are more complicated since they approach the problem with a set of equations. Serghides'
solution was based on Steffensen's method
. The solution involves the calculation of three intermediate values first and
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Goudar Sonnads set of equations is the most complicated of all the solutions since there are a lot of intermediate
values that should be calculated before the final equation. This set of equations is given below:
Considering that the iteration process gives the most accurate results, I have developed an Excel workbook in order to
experiment on the other four solutions/methods. So, with this workbook you can try it yourself and see which approach
gives results that are closer to the iteration process results.
How to use it
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In the first sheet (named Solutions) fill all the green cells and press the Solve Equation button. If the flow in the pipe
is turbulent, the sheet will automatically calculate the friction factor with the five different methods that described above.
If you press one of the buttons named Roughness, Diameter, Velocity or Viscosity you will be transferred to the
corresponding sheet. There you can play (loop calculation) with the corresponding parameter and see how the results
of five methods are affected from the parameters change. Furthermore, in each sheet there is also a chart which
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This file can be opened with Excel 2007 or newer. For best results, go to File -> Options -> Formulas tab and put
Maximum Iteration = 30000 (max value is 32767) and Maximum Change = 0.00001 (or even smaller).
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Christos Samaras
Mechanical Engineer (Ph.D. cand.), M.Sc. Cranfield University, Dipl.-Ing. Aristotle University, Thessaloniki - Greece.
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A short answer will be that the most accurate equation depends on the input
parameters.
I think that the iterative process gives the best results. Then are probably the Goudar
Sonnad and Serghides' equations. Excluding the iterative process, the results are
strongly depended on input parameters (roughness, diameter, fluid velocity etc.), so in
some cases maybe the Goudar Sonnad is better, while on others the Serghides.
Because this is unclear, you can run the other sheets of this workbook in order to
perform a parametric analysis and see which equation is better for your case.
You can check also this workbook that has more equations.
Kind Regards,
Christos
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