Darcy-Weisbach pressure loss calculator

Calculate friction pressure loss and friction head loss with your own figures.

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Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Darcy friction factor
0.025
Pipe length (m)
50
Internal diameter (m)
0.05
Velocity (m/s)
2
Density (kg/m³)
1000
Friction pressure loss (Pa)
50000
Friction head loss (m)
5.098581

Try another scenario

Darcy friction factor
0.027500000000000004
Pipe length (m)
50
Internal diameter (m)
0.05
Velocity (m/s)
2
Density (kg/m³)
1000
Friction pressure loss (Pa)
55,000
Friction head loss (m)
5.608439
Calculation method

Calculation method

Friction pressure loss (Pa)

Darcy-Weisbach dp=f(L/D)rho V²/2; head=dp/(rho g).

Friction head loss (m)

Darcy-Weisbach dp=f(L/D)rho V²/2; head=dp/(rho g).

Symbols and units
a
Darcy friction factor
b
Pipe length (m)
c
Internal diameter (m)
d
Velocity (m/s)
e
Density (kg/m³)

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Darcy friction factor, not Fanning factor; straight pipe only. Supported limits: All required fields must be finite values of the exact declared type and within displayed bounds. Lists contain1–1000 finite numbers. JSON tables are numeric rectangular rows, at most100 rows and30 columns; individual tools have stricter shape/domain constraints. Darcy friction factor, not Fanning factor; straight pipe only.
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