Estimate Darcy friction factor explicitly with extremely accurate Vatankhah-Kouchakzadeh approximation of Colebrook equation.
Arguments
- reynolds
Reynolds number, []. Type:
assert_double
.- roughness
relative roughness, []. Type:
assert_double
.- strict
calculate only inside the precision region. Type:
assert_flag
.
Value
Pipe friction factor, []. Type: assert_double
.
Details
Vatankhah's formula is reported to be extremely accurate in the region:
5.0e3 <= reynolds <= 1.0e8
1e-6 <= roughness <= 0.05
In strict = TRUE
mode argument values outside this precision region
are not allowed, whereas in strict = FALSE
either NAs are
generated in that case or calculation for laminar flow is performed when
reynolds < 2100.0
.
References
Offor, U. and Alabi, S. (2016) An Accurate and Computationally Efficient Explicit Friction Factor Model.Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science, 6, pp. 237-245. doi:10.4236/aces.2016.63024 .
Ali R. Vatankhah, Salah Kouchakzadeh (2009) Exact equations for pipe-flow problems.Journal of Hydraulic Research, 47:4, pp. 537-538, doi:10.1080/00221686.2009.9522031 .
See also
Other Fluid properties:
fric_buzzelli()
,
fric_romeo()
,
re_u()