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Empirical equation, which relates the head loss, or pressure loss

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, due to friction along a given the pipe length of pipe to the average velocity velocity 
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of the fluid flow for an incompressible fluid:

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\frac{dp}{dl} =  - \frac{ f \, \rho \, v^2u^2 \, }{2 d}

where

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Darcy friction factor

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fluid density

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pipe diameter


See also

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Physics /  Fluid Dynamics