Connection between the coefficients of local resistance and the surface condition of air ducts
Abstract
The question of the dependence of local resistance coefficients k on the roughness of the walls of air ducts is one of the little studied issues of practical aerodynamics. Most aerodynamics courses provide values, sometimes very detailed, of coefficients k for a number of local resistances – bends, sudden contractions and expansions – but usually do not indicate how to use these coefficients: whether to take them as constant, independent of the roughness of the walls of the air duct, or, conversely, to consider them as variable quantities related by some dependence to the coefficient of friction on the walls of the air duct. The work done by the authors made it possible to clarify the relationship between the coefficients of local resistance k and the coefficients of friction α of air on the walls of the air duct. The previously accepted dependence turned out to be incorrect and must be replaced by another (see the article). The turning resistance coefficients given in various courses should be increased for rough concrete support by 8–10% and for workings supported with staggered door frames by 25–30%. The correctness of formulas (11) and (12) for other types of local resistance requires verification.
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References
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- Komarov V.B. and Geskin A.A. Determination of the resistance coefficients of turns of ventilation ducts with simultaneous expansion, Zapiski Gornogo Instituta , vol. XII, iss. 3. (in Russian)