Chapter 4
Q. 4.1
Derivation of the Frictional Loss Term, \rm h_f , for Steady Laminar Flow in Smooth Pipes
Concept | Assumptions | Sketch |
• Combine Poiseuille flow solution with extended Bernoulli | • As stated, with \rm L >> L_{entrance} | ![]() |
• Poiseuille flow | ||
• Constant cross sectional pipes | ||
• Constant properties and velocity average |
Step-by-Step
Verified Solution
(A) Check entrance length and assume that \rm Re_D < 2,300
• Clearly, for any given data set \rm L_{entrance} = 0.05Re_D \,D should be much less than \rm L_{pipe} .
(B) Poiseuille flow
• \vec{\bf v}=\rm [u(r),0,0]~~\text{and}~~\partial p/\partial x=-\frac{\Delta p}{L} = constant
•
={\frac{1}{2}}\mathrm{u}_{\mathrm{max}}={\frac{\mathrm{r}_{0}^{2}}{8\mu}}\left\lgroup{\frac{\Delta\mathrm{p}}{\mathrm{L}}}\right\rgroup =\mathrm{Q}/(\pi\,\mathrm{r}_{0}^{2}) (E.4.1.1a)
• \tau_{\mathrm{wall}}=\mu\left.{\frac{\mathrm{du}}{\mathrm{dr}}}\right|_{\mathrm{r}=r_{0}}=4\mu\ \mathrm{v}/\ \mathrm{r}_{0}={\frac{\mathrm{r}_{0}}{2}}\left\lgroup \frac{\Delta\mathrm{p}}{ L}\right\rgroup (E.4.1.1b)
(C) Extended Bernoulli equation applied to the pipe centerline from points ➀–➁
• \rm \left\lgroup{\frac{\mathrm{p}}{\mathrm{\rho g}}}+{\frac{\mathrm{v}^{2}}{2\mathrm{g}}}+z\right\rgroup _{➀}=\left\lgroup{\frac{\mathrm{p}}{\mathrm{\rho g}}}+{\frac{\mathrm{v}^{2}}{2\mathrm{g}}}+z\right\rgroup _{➁}+{\mathrm{h}_{\mathrm{loss}}} (E.4.1.2)
• \rm h_{loss}\equiv h_L=h_{\underset{<major>}{friction}}+h_{\underset{<maior>}{form} } (E.4.1.3a)
•With Δz = 0, \rm v_1 = v_2
and \rm h_{form}\approx 0, h_{friction}=h_f=\frac{\Delta p}{\rho g} (E.4.1.3b)
(D) Combine (B) and (C) results
• From \begin{array}{c c}\rm{{\mathrm{v}=\frac{r_{0}^{2}}{8\mu}\left\lgroup\frac{\Delta{ p}}{ L}\right\rgroup ;}}&{{\mathrm{~r_{0}=D/2}}}\end{array} (E.4.1.4a)
we have
Δp = 32μ v L/D² (E.4.1.4b)
As a result,
\mathrm{h}_{\mathrm{f}}={\frac{32\mathrm{\mu}\;{\mathrm{L}}\;\mathrm{v}}{\rho\mathrm{g}\;\mathrm{D}^{2}}}:=\frac{128\mathrm{\mu}\;{\mathrm{L}}\;\mathrm{Q}}{\pi\;\rho\mathrm{g}\;\mathrm{D}^{4}} (E.4.1.5a, b)
Now, defining the friction factor f (Darcy–Weisbach) as:
\mathrm{f}\equiv\frac{8\tau_{\mathrm{w}}}{\mathrm{\rho{\mathrm{{v}}}^{2}}}:=\frac{2\mathrm{D}}{\mathrm{\rho{\mathrm{{v}}}^{2}}}\left\lgroup\frac{\Delta\mathrm{p}}{\mathrm{L}}\right\rgroup (E.4.1.6a)
so that
\rm\Delta{ p}={f}~\frac{\rho{ v}^{2}}{2}\left\lgroup\frac{{ L}}{ D}\right\rgroup (E.4.1.6b)
and hence we can express the frictional loss also as:
• \rm h_{\mathrm{f}}={\frac{\Delta{ p}}{\rho g}}=f{\frac{{ v}^{2}}{2{{{g}}}}}{\left\lgroup{\frac{{ L}}{{ D}}}\right\rgroup } (E.4.1.7)
(E) Notes
• With \tau_{ w}=4\mu\,\nu /{r}_{0}\,,\,\,\,f_{\mathrm{laminar}}=\frac{32\mu \nu }{r_{0}\,\rho\,\nu ^{2}}=\frac{64}{\mathrm{Re}_{D}} (E.4.1.8, 9)
• From a 1-D force balance for any fully-developed flow regime (see momentum RTT) we obtain (with \rm v_{in} = v_{out} ):
\Sigma \mathrm{F}_{\mathrm{x}}\,=\,\underbrace{\Delta{\rm p}(\pi r_{0}^{2}\,)}_{\mathrm{F_{\mathrm{net,pressure}}}}-\underbrace{\rho\mathrm{g}(\pi r_{0}^{2}\,)\mathrm{L}\,\mathrm{sin}\,\phi}_{\rm W_x}-\underbrace{\tau_{\mathrm{w}}\,(2\pi\mathrm{r}_{0}^{2}\,)}_{\mathrm{F_{viscous}}} (E.4.1.10)
so that with L sin \phi = − Δz :
\mathrm{h}_{\mathrm{f}}=\Delta {\rm Z}+{\frac{\Delta\mathrm{p}}{\mathrm{\rho}{\mathrm{g}}}}={\frac{2\tau_{\mathrm{w}}}{\mathrm{\rho}{\mathrm{g}}}}\,{\frac{\mathrm{L}}{\mathrm{r}_{0}}}={\frac{4\tau_{\mathrm{w}}}{\mathrm{\rho}{\mathrm{g}}}}\left\lgroup{\frac{\mathrm{L}}{\mathrm{D}}}\right\rgroup (E.4.1.11)
or with \rm f ≡ 8τ_w | ( ρv^2 ) we have again:
\mathrm{h}_{\mathrm{f}}=\mathrm{f}~{\frac{\mathrm{v}^{2}}{2g}}\left\lgroup{\frac{\mathrm{L}}{\mathrm{D}}}\right\rgroup (E.4.1.12)
Graph:
• On a log-log graph, we have the analytical and measured f(\rm Re_D ) function:
Commen:t
• Clearly, the \rm h_f -correlation holds for both laminar and turbulent pipe flows, where
Turbulent friction factor values are obtainable, for example, via Eq. (4.5e), or from the Moody chart (see App. B)
\rm f^{-1/2}\approx-1.8\ {log}\bigg[{\frac{6.9}{{Re_{D}}}}+\left\lgroup{\frac{\varepsilon /{D}}{3.7}}\right\rgroup ^{1.11}\bigg] (4.5e)
