| Abstract: | The results of calculation of accelerated flow of a fluid in a tube are compared with known experiments 1] in the laminar regime. The difference method was used to obtain a solution for unsteady axisymmetric flow that becomes steady over the length of the tube; this case was calculated earlier by Gromeka in the form of a series. An expression is derived for the coefficient of friction as a function of the Reynolds number Re and the acceleration of the fluid. The comparison reveals agreement between the results with an error not worse than 37%. However, the calculation gives a coefficient of friction proportional to Re to the power –1.5, whereas the experiment 1] reveals a weaker dependence proportional to Re to the power –1.15.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 158–160, September–October, 1981. |
