05. Turbulence and Friction Factors

Course subject(s) 05. Turbulence and Friction Factors

Photo from film "Turbulence," National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films, 1968.

This lecture covers the nature of turbulence and friction factors. Methods of using friction factors to solving for velocity or pressure drop in turbulent flow are shown for three cases: flow through tubes, flow around spheres, and flow through unconsolidated porous media.

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