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On the Blasius correlation for friction factors

Fluid Dynamics 2010-07-16 v1

Abstract

The Blasius empirical correlation for turbulent pipe friction factors is derived from first principles and extended to non-Newtonian power law fluids. Two alternative formulations are obtained that both correlate well with the experimental measurements of Dodge, Bogue and Yoo. Key words: Blasius, turbulent friction factor, power law fluids

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@article{arxiv.1007.2466,
  title  = {On the Blasius correlation for friction factors},
  author = {Khanh Tuoc Trinh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.2466},
  year   = {2010}
}

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11 pages, 4 figures

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