ABSTRACT

A sourcebook offering an up-to-date perspective on a variety of topics and using practical, applications-oriented data necessary for the design and evaluation of internal fluid system pressure losses. It has been prepared for the practicing engineer who understands fluid-flow fundamentals.

chapter One|4 pages

General Information

chapter Two|38 pages

Flow in Straight Tubes and Conduits

Friction Coefficients and Roughness

chapter Three|26 pages

Flow at the Entrance into Tubes and Conduits

Resistance Coefficients of Inlet Sections

chapter Four|32 pages

Flow Through Orifices with Sudden Change in Velocity and Flow Area

Resistance Coefficients of Sections with Sudden Expansion, Sudden Contraction, Orifices, Diaphragms, and Apertures

chapter Five|58 pages

Flow with a Smooth Change in Velocity

Resistance Coefficients of Difftisers and Converging and Other Transition Sections

chapter Seven|48 pages

Merging of Flow Streams and Division into Flow Streams

Resistance Coefficients of Wyes, Tees, and Manifolds

chapter Eight|28 pages

Flow Through Barriers Uniformly Distributed Over the Channel Cross Section

Resistance Coefficients of Grids, Screens, Porous Layers, and Packings

chapter Ten|24 pages

Flow Past Obstructions in a Tube

Resistance Coefficients of Sections with Protuberances, Trusses, Girders, and other Shapes