Investigation of laminar flow frictional losses in a large-hydraulic-diameter pipe and annulus

Abstract

In the present work an experimental study has been carried out to study the friction factor variation with Reynolds number for laminar flow in a large-hydraulic-diameter pipe and annulus. It is found that for low Reynolds numbers the friction factors are large than those reported in the literature for small-hydraulic-diameter pipe and annulus. Large hydrostatic pressure variation along the circumferential direction causes a different flow pattern in a large-hydraulic-diameter duct and may be why the present results do not match those reported in the literature. A correlation has been proposed in the present paper which is being developed using the present experimental results for both pipe and annulus to correlate the friction factor as a function of Reynolds number and a newly denned Jaga number Jg. An analysis has been carried out using the currently developed friction factor correlations to study how the friction factor will vary for different fluids and different diameters of the pipe and annulus. It is observed that, for high Reynolds numbers (Re > 100), small-hydraulic-diameter duct and fluids with a large kinematic viscosity, the present correlations show good agreement with the results reported in the literature.

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hydrostatic pressure longitudinal flow secondary flow

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