Turbulent Flow Friction Factor Calculation Using a Mathematically Exact Alternative to the Colebrook-White Equation

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 863-867

  Sonnad, Jagadeesh R ^a   Goudar, Chetan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FRICTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ESTIMATION; FLUID MECHANICS;

D VALUES; FLOW FRICTIONS; FRICTION FACTORS; ITERATIVE CALCULATION; LIMITING CASE; MAXIMUM ABSOLUTE ERROR; NEW FORMS; NON-ITERATIVE; PERCENTAGE ERROR; SIMPLE++;

TURBULENT FLOW;

ABSOLUTE ERROR; COLEBROOK-WHITE EQUATION; FRICTION FACTOR; PERCENTAGE ERROR;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ESTIMATION; FLUID MECHANICS; FRICTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS; FRICTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33746133879     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2006)132:8(863)     Document Type: Article

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