(1) Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Sheffield, Newcastle Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK;(2) Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Narodni 3, Czech Republic
Abstract:
A decrease in hydraulic friction coefficient Σ (Darcy number) is found in the range of smooth tubes. The maximum possible
decrease in Σ is observed at Φ = 0.08 for numbers ReD = VxD / ν in the range ReDx = (5.8−6.6) × 104.