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The goal of this experiment was to determine the loss coefficients for pipe system components

and the roughness values for straight pipes using experimental data. The effects of Reynolds

number on the friction factors in straight pipes were also investigated. To perform this

experiment, a pipe system consisting of two pipe segments connected perpendicular to one

another with a 90° elbow component or a T-Bend fitting was used. Air was pumped through the

pipes at a designated flow rate and the pressure readings along the pipes were recorded using

taps connected to a digital manometer. The flow rates were determined from a set of three

Reynolds numbers to be tested. For this experiment the Reynolds numbers of 15000, 25000, and

35000 were used to determine the flow, all of which were considered turbulent. From the

pressure values obtained at these three Reynolds numbers the friction factor and roughness for

the straight pipe as well as the loss coefficient for the bend fittings were calculated. The average

friction factors for the 90° elbow and T-Bend configurations were 0.0242 and 0.0296

respectively. The 90° elbow fitting was found to have an average loss coefficient of 0.737 and

the T-Bend was found to have a coefficient of 0.873. This indicated that the 90° elbow

component is a better choice for use in a 90° angle setup as it had the lowest loss coefficient.

The resulting friction factors at different Reynolds numbers did not conclusively show how these

values change with Reynolds numbers. The values did not generally increase or decrease with

an increase in Reynolds number; according to the Moody chart, however, they should have

decreased with increasing Reynolds numbers. For the roughness, measured values were obtained

using equation D.1 and theoretical values were gathered from the Moody chart. Error

calculations showed that the results for roughness were acceptably accurate with maximum

errors of only 13% for the T-Bend. The data also showed that the higher the Reynolds number,

correspond to more accurate the roughness calculations, with an error of only 2.5% for the TBend

at a Reynolds number of 35000.