Energy Losses in Cross Junctions
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 136, Issue 1
Abstract
Energy losses occurring in pipe junctions have been studied for many years. Head loss coefficients are commonly used to characterize losses across elbows, tees, crosses, valves, and other pipe fittings. When accurate values of are used, the flow rate and corresponding total head at any location in a pipe network can be calculated. While is well defined for most pipe junctions and fittings, the literature has limited documentations of for crosses. This study was commissioned to determine for a wide range of flow combinations in a pipe cross with equal diameter pipes and varied flow combinations. This study provides and innovatively presents over 1,000 experimental values of for designing and analyzing equal diameter pipe crosses.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 136 • Issue 1 • January 2010
Pages: 50 - 55
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© 2010 ASCE.
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Received: Sep 17, 2008
Accepted: Jun 23, 2009
Published online: Jun 25, 2009
Published in print: Jan 2010
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