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    Estimate Friction Factor Accuracy

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    This document presents two new accurate equations (Eq. 2 and Eq. 3) for directly calculating the friction factor in fluid flows, without needing to do trial-and-error calculations or use a graph. Eq. 2 is derived from the Colebrook equation using Sieffenson's accelerated convergence technique, and is valid for transitional and turbulent flow at any relative roughness. Eq. 3 is a simpler version of Eq. 2 that is also nearly as accurate and easier to use for hand calculations. Both equations can determine the friction factor directly from the Reynolds number and relative roughness.

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    Estimate Friction Factor Accuracy

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    This document presents two new accurate equations (Eq. 2 and Eq. 3) for directly calculating the friction factor in fluid flows, without needing to do trial-and-error calculations or use a graph. Eq. 2 is derived from the Colebrook equation using Sieffenson's accelerated convergence technique, and is valid for transitional and turbulent flow at any relative roughness. Eq. 3 is a simpler version of Eq. 2 that is also nearly as accurate and easier to use for hand calculations. Both equations can determine the friction factor directly from the Reynolds number and relative roughness.

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    This document presents two new accurate equations (Eq. 2 and Eq. 3) for directly calculating the friction factor in fluid flows, without needing to do trial-and-error calculations or use a graph. Eq. 2 is derived from the Colebrook equation using Sieffenson's accelerated convergence technique, and is valid for transitional and turbulent flow at any relative roughness. Eq. 3 is a simpler version of Eq. 2 that is also nearly as accurate and easier to use for hand calculations. Both equations can determine the friction factor directly from the Reynolds number and relative roughness.

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    Estimate Friction Factor Accuracy

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    This document presents two new accurate equations (Eq. 2 and Eq. 3) for directly calculating the friction factor in fluid flows, without needing to do trial-and-error calculations or use a graph. Eq. 2 is derived from the Colebrook equation using Sieffenson's accelerated convergence technique, and is valid for transitional and turbulent flow at any relative roughness. Eq. 3 is a simpler version of Eq. 2 that is also nearly as accurate and easier to use for hand calculations. Both equations can determine the friction factor directly from the Reynolds number and relative roughness.

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    BIBLIOTECA

    * Estímate
    ; fiictíon factor
    - accurately
    ^Here is a very accurate equation
    ^for calculating the friction factor
    ^directly, without trial-and-error.
    A

    ^ T. K. Serghides, Kerr-McGee Chmical Corp.

    The Colebrook equation is a widely used method for


    ^redicting/, the friction factor for fluid flow:* C= -2.0log(^ e/Z) ^2.51^^
    3.7 Re

    I ^=-2.0 1og(ff +1^) (.) Eq. 2 is derived by applying Sieffenson's accelerated-


    convergence technique to an iterative, numerical solu
    ^here € is the absolute pipe roughness (ft), D is the tion of Eq. 1. The constants A, B and C are approxima
    nternal diameler of the pipe (ft), and Re is the Reynolds tions of Eq. 1 obtained by three iterations of the
    «•«umber for fiow. direct-substitution method. Eq. 2 is lhe approximation
    You cannoi solve the Coiebrook equation directly, as obtained by combining those constants according to
    le friction factor appears on both sides. To solve it Steffenson's formula.
    -^equires trial-and-error or a graph—which are difficult to It happens that the numerical solution of Eq. I by this
    f^rogram. Or you can use one of severa! approximate technique converges very fast, so Eq. 2 is very accurate—
    ^ílutions ihat are explicil in /, and lherefore can be i.e., it approximates Colebrook's equation wiihin a small
    ^olved directly. fraction of a percent.
    This article presents two new approximations, based Henrici [Z] explains this behavior in discussing the
    numerical solution of the Colebrook equation. Both bounds of error on a numerical solution after a finiie
    ^pear to be more accurate than any of the other pub- number of iterations. A previous article [2] discusses the
    íhed approximations. conditions for convergence in solving the Colebrook
    equation by direct substitution, and explains Steflfen-
    . he friction-factor equations son's method.
    This explicit friction-factor equation is valid for iransi- A simpler version of Eq. 2 is nearly as accurate, and
    -^^nal and turbulent fiow {Re > 2,100) ai any relative perhaps easier to use for hand calculaiions. Like Eq. 2,
    loughness (e/Z)): this equation is obtained by applying Sieffenson's
    method to a numerical solution of Eq. 1. It is valid for
    Re > 2,100 and any value of e/Z):
    {A - 4.781)^ \-
    Vre: ^ = _2.0 log M) / 781 -
    B -2A + 4.781
    (3)

    where: A= -2.0 log 4-^ )


    Noif ihiii ihc/usfd hcii- is ihc Darcv íactor. »vlth whkh Irictional head loss (A.
    •^lav bc calciilaicdas A= l{IJl)){i''/-K)- Hci e. l. is k-iiKth (li), i' is vclociiv(fi/s).
    g is the gravitaiional constam (fi/s*).

    CHEMICAL ENÜINEERINC MARCH 5. 1984 63

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