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Water Flow and Velocity Head in Steel Pipes Schedule 40
Velocity head used to calculate minor pressure or head loss in fluid flow systems
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Velocity Head in the table below can be used to calculate the minor loss in schedule 40 steel pipes with water flow. Major and minor loss must be summarized for calculating the total head loss in the system.
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Flow Velocity Velocity Head Velocity Velocity Head Velocity Velocity Head
(gal/min) v v2/2g v v2/2g v v2/2g
(ft/s) (ft) (ft/s) (ft) (ft/s) (ft)
50 3.35 0.174 2.17 0.143 1.26 0.025
55 3.69 0.211 2.39 0.165 1.39 0.030
60 4.02 0.251 2.6 0.187 1.51 0.036
65 4.36 0.295 2.82 0.211 1.64 0.042
70 4.69 0.342 3.04 0.237 1.76 0.048
75 5.03 0.393 3.25 0.264 1.89 0.056
80 5.36 0.447 3.47 0.293 2.02 0.063
85 5.70 0.504 3.69 0.354 2.15 0.071
90 6.03 0.565 3.91 0.421 2.27 0.080
95 6.37 0.630 4.12 0.495 2.40 0.089
100 6.70 0.698 4.34 0.574 2.52 0.099
110 7.37 0.844 4.77 0.659 2.77 0.119
120 8.04 1.00 5.21 0.749 3.02 0.142
130 8.71 1.18 5.64 0.846 3.28 0.167
140 9.38 1.37 6.08 0.948 3.53 0.193
150 10.05 1.57 6.51 1.06 3.78 0.22
160 10.7 1.79 6.94 1.17 4.03 0.253
170 11.4 2.02 7.38 1.42 4.28 0.285
180 12.1 2.26 7.81 1.69 4.54 0.320
190 12.7 2.52 8.25 1.98 4.79 0.356
200 13.4 2.79 8.68 2.29 5.04 0.395
220 14.7 3.38 9.55 2.63 5.54 0.478
240 16.1 4.02 10.4 3.0 6.05 0.569
260 17.4 4.72 11.3 3.38 6.55 0.667
280 18.8 5.47 12.2 3.79 7.06 0.774
300 20.1 6.28 13.0 4.23 7.56 0.888
320 13.9 4.68 8.06 1.01
340 8.57 1.14
360 9.07 1.28
380 9.58 1.43
400 10.1 1.58
420 10.6 1.74
440 11.1 1.91
460 11.6 20.9
480 12.1 2.27
500 12.6 2.47
550 13.9 2.99
600 15.1 3.55
650 16.4 4.17
700 17.6 4.84
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Flow Velocity Velocity Head Velocity Velocity Head Velocity Velocity Head
(gal/min) v v2/2g v v2/2g v v2/2g
(ft/s) (ft) (ft/s) (ft) (ft/s) (ft)
600 9.62 1.44 6.66 0.690 3.85 0.230
650 10.4 1.69 7.22 0.810 4.17 0.271
700 11.2 1.96 7.77 0.939 4.49 0.313
750 12.0 2.25 8.33 1.08 4.81 0.360
800 12.8 2.56 8.88 1.23 5.13 0.409
850 13.6 2.89 9.44 1.38 5.45 0.462
900 14.4 3.24 9.99 1.55 5.77 0.518
950 15.2 3.61 10.5 1.73 6.09 0.577
1000 16.0 4.0 11.1 1.92 6.41 0.639
1100 17.6 4.84 12.2 2.32 7.05 0.773
1200 19.2 5.76 13.3 2.76 7.70 0.920
1300 20.8 6.75 14.4 3.24 8.34 1.08
1400 22.5 7.83 15.5 3.76 8.98 1.25
1500 24.1 8.99 16.7 4.31 9.62 1.44
1600 25.7 10.2 17.8 4.91 10.3 1.64
1700 27.3 11.6 18.9 5.54 10.9 1.85
1800 28.8 12.9 20.0 6.21 11.5 2.07
1900 30.5 14.4 21.1 6.92 12.2 2.31
2000 32.1 16.0 22.2 7.67 12.8 2.56
2200 24.4 9.27 14.1 3.09
2400 26.6 11.1 15.4 3.68
2600 16.7 4.32
2800 18.0 5.01
3000 19.2 5.75
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