Constraints for using Lambert W function-based explicit Colebrook-White equation

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 929-931

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

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

^b BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed form solutions; Fluid flow; Fluid mechanics; Friction factor; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID MECHANICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; FRICTION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULICS;

CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; DOUBLE PRECISION COMPUTATION; EXPLICIT EQUATIONS; FRICTION FACTORS; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; LAMBERT W FUNCTION; PIPE ROUGHNESS; SINGLE PRECISION; EXPONENTIALS; FLOW FRICTIONS; FLUID-FLOW; PIPES ROUGHNESS; REYNOLD NUMBER;

WELDING ELECTRODES; TURBULENT FLOW;

FRICTION FACTORS; LAMBERT W FUNCTIONS;

CHANNEL FLOW; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 4444222302     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2004)130:9(929)     Document Type: Article

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