Flow behavior and friction factor in internally grooved pipe wall

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Putu Wijaya Sunu, I.N.G. Wardana, A.A. Sonief, Nurkholis Hamidi

2014 Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics Vol. 8 Issue 14 Article Cited by 10

Abstract

Friction factor cause by internally grooved pipe has been investigated experimentally. The result indicates that grooves reduce friction factor. However, in a certain groove numbers, it increases friction due to a series of fluid cycling near the pipe wall. ©2014 Putu Wijaya Sunu, I N.G. Wardana, A.A. Sonief and Nurkholis Hamidi.

Affiliations

Mechanical Engineering Department, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia; Mechanical Engineering Department, Bali State Polytechnic, Bali, Indonesia