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Asked 5th Jan, 2022

How to calculate the pressure drop in a rectangular pipe from volumetric flow rate?

I have been searching for the equation of calculating the pressure inside a rectangular pipe using volumetric flow rate but all I am finding is the Hagen–Poiseuille equation that calculates the pressure inside a cylindrical pipe: Flow rate=πr4(P−P0)/8ηl. Any idea?

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7th Jan, 2022
Nelaturi V Raghavaiah
National Institute of Technology, Warangal

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7th Jan, 2022
Nelaturi V Raghavaiah
National Institute of Technology, Warangal
7th Jan, 2022
Emilio Casado
Consulting Engineering
See also the section 2 of the Idelchik´s Handbook.
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