functionlaminarTurbulentPressureLossHaaland

Pressure loss function (Haaland 1983) for laminar, transient and turbulent flow regimes

Extends from Internal.FlowResistance.partialPressureLoss.

Information

Pressure loss after Darcy–Weisbach, for laminar, (transient?) and turbulent flow.

The friction factor is based on Haaland 1983.

Haaland, S. E. Simple and Explicit Formulas for the Friction Factor in Turbulent Pipe Flow. Journal of Fluids Engineering 105, 89-90; 10.1115/1.3240948 (1983).

Inputs

TypeNameDefaultDescription
SI.ReynoldsNumberRe_laminar2000Upper limit for laminar flow (Reynolds number)
SI.ReynoldsNumberRe_turbulent4000Lower limit for turbulent flow (Reynolds number)
Realshape_factor64Laminar pressure loss factor (Hagen-Poiseuille)
Realn1Transition coefficient (see documentation)
SI.Lengthks_input1e-7Surface roughness
ThermofluidStream.Processes.Internal.MaterialmaterialThermofluidStream.Processes.Internal.Material.otherMaterial of pipe