Pipe Flow Experiments - Warwick

-1- Pipe Flow Experiments Group: _____ Day: _____ Week: _____ Library Card Number of Your Group Members -2- University of Warwick School of Engineering ES2A7 laboratory Exercises Section I Theoretical Preparation 1. Introduction In this experiment you will investigate the frictional forces inherent in laminar and turbulent pipe flow. By measuring the pressure drop and flow rate through a pipe, an estimate of the coefficient of friction (friction factor) will be obtained.

Where ρ is the density of the fluid, U is the nominal velocity, L is the characteristic length, and μ is the dynamic viscosity of the fluid. Figure 1. The three regimes of viscous flow: (a) laminar flow at low Re; (b) transition at intermediate Re; (c) turbulent flow at high Re. Since the velocity profiles of laminar flow and turbulent flow are

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  Fluid, Flows, Velocity, Laminar, Laminar flow

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