Simple and explicit formulas for the friction factor in turbulent pipe flow

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 89-90

  Haaland, S E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0020717034     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3240948     Document Type: Article

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