FLUID MECHANICS: Pipe Flow Principles

FLUID MECHANICS
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INTERNAL FLOW IN PIPES AND CONDUITS
CLD 10603
Chapter 4: Internal Flow in Pipe & Conduits
Steam pipe bridge in a geothermal power plant. Pipe flows are

everywhere, often occurring in groups or networks. They are
designed using the principles outlined in this chapter.
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Objectives
Student should be able to:
Identify the characteristics of laminar flow
and turbulent flow
Employ Poiseulle and Darcy equation in basic
problems
Recall Bernoullis equation
Employ Bernoullis equation in flow
measurement
Identify major losses
Identify minor losses
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Types of Flow
The three regimes of viscous flow:

a) Laminar flow at low Re;
b) Transition at intermediate Re;
c) Turbulent flow at high Re
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Types of Flow
Laminar Flow
Flow structure is characterized by smooth
motion in lamina or layer. There is no
macroscopic mixing of adjacent fluid layer.
- E.g. : A thin filament of dye injected into
a laminar flow appears as a single line.
There is no dispersion of dye
throughout the flow, except the slow
dispersion due to molecular motion.
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Types of Flow
Laminar Flow
- Re < 2000
- 'low' velocity
- Dye does not mix with water
- Fluid particles move in straight lines
- Simple mathematical analysis possible
- Rare in practice in water systems.
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Types of Flow
Turbulent Flow
Flow structure is characterized by random,
three-dimensional motion of fluid particles
superimposed on the mean motion.
- E.g.: If a dye filament injected into a
turbulent flow, it disperses quickly throughout
the flow field; the line of dye breaks up into
myriad entangled threads of dye.
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Types of Flow
Turbulent Flow
- Re > 5000
- 'high' velocity
- Dye mixes rapidly and completely
- Particle paths completely irregular
- Average motion is in the direction of the
flow
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Types of Flow
Turbulent Flow
- Cannot be seen by the naked eye
- Changes/fluctuations are very difficult to
detect. Must use laser.
- Mathematical analysis very difficult - so
experimental measures are used
- Most common type of flow.
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Types of Flow
Laminar
Turbulent
Re < 2000
Re > 4000
Inefficient mixing low Radial mixing can be

radial mixing
enhanced
Broad residence time
distribution
Short residence time

distribution
Low power
High power
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Reynolds Number
The primary parameter correlating the viscous
behaviour of all Newtonian fluids.
The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
VD uD
Re
Where V = velocity (m/s), D = diameter (m),

is kinematic viscosity (m2/s).
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Reynolds Number
Used to determine whether a flow is laminar
or turbulent.
Reynolds Number is dimensionless.
Re < 2000: Laminar Flow
Re between 2000 to 4000 : Transitional
Flow
Re > 4000 : Turbulent Flow
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Reynolds Number
Question 1
Water flow through a pipe 25 mm in
diameter at a velocity of 6 m/s. Determine
whether the flow will be laminar or
turbulent assuming that the viscosity of
water is 1.30 x 10-3 kgm-1s-1 and its density
1000 kgm-3.
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Reynolds Number
Question 2
If oil of S.G 0.9 and viscosity 9.6 x 10 -2
kgm-1s-1 is pumped through the same pipe,
what type of flow will occur?
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Discharge
The total quantity of fluid flowing in unit time
past any particular cross section of a stream
is called the discharge or flow at that section.
It can be measured either in terms of:
i. volume (volumetric flowrate = Q = Au)
Unit : m3/s
= Q).
ii. mass (mass flowrate = m
Unit : kg/s
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Reynolds Number
Question 3
Water flowing at the rate of 10 gal/min in
pipe having an inside diameter of 0.0525
m. Calculate the Reynolds Number if =
8.007 x 10-4 Pa.s. Given H2O = 996 kg/m3.
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Bernoulli's Equation
The Bernoullis equation states that:
P + u2 + gz = constant
Where:
P
g
z
u
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= pressure
= density
= acceleration of gravity
= height
= velocity
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It may be written as:
2
p1 u1
p2 u 2
z1
z2
g 2 g
g 2 g
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Bernoulli's equation has some restrictions in
its applicability, they are:
Flow is steady;
Density is constant (incompressible fluid)
Friction losses are negligible.
The equation relates the states at two
points along a single streamline
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Bernoulli's Application
Flow through a small orifice
actual
Vena contractor
Orifice
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2
p1 u1
p2 u 2
z1
z2
g 2 g
g 2 g
u1 = 0 (negligible)
P1 = 0 (P atm)
P2 = 0 (P atm)
Take z2 as the datum z1= h, z2= 0
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2
p1 u1
p2 u 2
z1
z2
g 2 g
g 2 g
2
u2
z1
2g
u 2 2gz1
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Flow Measurement - Orifice

Discharge through the orifice is given by:
Q = Au
Q actual = A actual u actual
= cd A orifice u theoretical
= cd A orifice 2gh
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Question 5
A 100 mm diameter standard orifice
discharges water under a 6.1 m head.
What is the volumetric flow rate? Given cd
= 0.594
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Question 6
The actual velocity in the contracted
section of a jet of liquid flowing from a 50
mm diameter orifice is 8.53 ms-1 under a
head of 4.57 m. If the measured discharge
is 0.0114 m3s-1,what is the value of the
coefficient of discharge (cd)?
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Flow Measurement Pitot Tube

A device to measure the
local velocity along a
streamline.
2
2
p1 u1
p2 u 2
z1
z2
g 2 g
g 2 g
u2 = 0 (stagnation point)
z1=z2= 0
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2
P1 u1
P2 u2
z1
z2
g 2 g
g 2 g
2
P2 P1 u1
g
2g
P2 P1
u1 2 (
)
P2 P1
u1 2 (
)
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P
u1 2 ( )
Where:
P
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= h(man -)g
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Flow Measurement - Venturi

A device for measuring discharge in a
pipe.
Consists of a rapidly converging section
which increases the velocity of flow and
hence reduces the pressure.
Then returns to the original dimensions of
the pipe by a gently diverging 'diffuser'
section.
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A Venturi Meter
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Discharge can be expressed in terms of
the manometer reading , giving:
Qactual C d A1 A2
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man
2 gh
1

2
2
A1 A2


Question 7
A Venturi meter is being used to measure flow
in a pipeline of diameter 250 mm which carries
water. When the pressure difference between
the throat and the entrance of the Venturi meter
is 300 mm on a mercury manometer, determine
the flow in the pipeline. The Venturi meter has
a throat diameter of 80 mm and a coefficient of
discharge of 0.97. The relative density of
mercury is 13.6.
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Question 8
A Venturi meter measures the flow speed of water through a pipe.
The speed to be measured is v1, the speed in the pipe where the
cross-sectional area is A1 = 4.10 104 m2. Pressure meters
measure the pressure in this pipe (P1), and the pressure (P2) at a
narrow section of pipe with cross-sectional area A2 = 3.24 104 m2.
Assume water behaves as an ideal, non-viscous fluid. (Density of
water is 1000 kg/m3.) If the pressure difference, P1 P2 is measured
to be 81.0 Pa, calculate the speed v1 of the water in the pipe.
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Internal Flow
Roughness
Friction factor
Darcy Weisbach Equation
Hagen Poiseuille Law
Energy Equation
Major head loss
Minor head loss
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Roughness
Relative pipe roughness is the ratio of the
pipe surface roughness () to its diameter
(D).
Relative pipe roughness = /D
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Roughness
Types of Roughness
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Friction Factor
The loss of pressure or head due to the
resistance to flow in the pipe and fittings.
Friction loss is influenced by pipe size and
fluid velocity, and is usually expressed in
feet of head.
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Friction Factor
The friction coefficient (f), depends on the
flow (laminar, transient or turbulent ) and
the roughness of the tube or duct.
For fully developed laminar flow the
roughness of the duct or pipe can be
neglected.
f = 64/Re
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Friction Factor
For hydraulically smooth pipes (= 0) in
turbulent flow:
f = 0.3164 / Re 0.25
For rough pipe in turbulent flow, use the
Moody Diagram to obtain f.
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Friction Factor
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Proposed by Julius Weisbach, a German
professor who in 1850 published the first
modern textbook on hydrodynamics.
An important and widely used equation in
hydraulics.
It enables calculation of the head loss due to
friction within a given run of pipe.
Valid for duct flows of any cross section and
for laminar and turbulent flow.
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2
2
L Q
LV
f
hl f
2
D 2gA
D 2g
Where:
hl = head loss
f = friction factor
L = pipe length
D = pipe diameter
V = average flow velocity
g = acceleration of gravity
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Question 4
Oil of absolute viscosity 0.101 N.s/m2 and
S.G 0.850 flows through 3000 m of 300 mm
cast iron pipe at the rate of 0.0444 m3/s.
1) What is the head loss in the pipe?
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Energy Equation
2
p1 u1
p2 u 2
z1
z2 h f hm
g 2 g
g 2 g
hf = Friction @ Major head loss

hm = Minor head loss
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Major Losses
- Head loss due to the friction of fluid
flowing through a length of pipe.
- For Laminar Flow
L V2
hl 64
D 2g
2
LV
- For Turbulent Flow hl f
D 2g
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Minor Losses
Energy losses that come from fittings,
entrances and exits.
2
V
hL KL
- E.g.:
2g
i. Valves and pipe bends
ii. Pipe entrances (for fluid flowing from a
tank to a pipe) and pipe exits (fluid
flowing from a pipe to a tank).
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