Average velocity of flow through a circular tube

Input(s)

Po\boldsymbol{P}_{\boldsymbol{o}}: Pressure at Initial Point (Pa)(\mathrm{Pa})

PL\boldsymbol{P}_{\boldsymbol{L}}: Pressure at Point L(Pa)\mathrm{L}(\mathrm{Pa})

R: Radius (m)

μ\mu: Viscosity (kg/(ms))(\mathrm{kg} /(\mathrm{ms}))

L\boldsymbol{L}: Length (m)

Output(s)

vz\boldsymbol{v}_{z}: Average Velocity (m/s)(\mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s})

vz,maxv_{z, \max }: Maximum Velocity (Occurs at R=0)(m/s)\left.\mathrm{R}=0\right)(\mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s})

Formula(s)

vz=(PoPL)R28μLvz,max=(PoPL)R24μL\begin{gathered} v_{z}=\frac{\left(P_{o}-P_{L}\right) * R^{2}}{8 * \mu * L} \\ v_{z, \max }=\frac{\left(P_{o}-P_{L}\right) * R^{2}}{4 * \mu * L} \end{gathered}

Reference(s)

Bird, R.B., Stewart, W.E. and Lightfoot, E.N. (2002). Transport Phenomena (Second Ed.). John Wiley & Sons., Chapter: 2, Page: 51.


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