For rough pipes having turbulent flow, friction factor is a function of the ______.

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  1. relative surface roughness of pipe
  2. density of fluid
  3. volume of fluid
  4. weight of the pipe

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Option 1 : relative surface roughness of pipe
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Friction factor (f) for turbulent flow rough pipe is a function of relative roughness only.

\(\frac{1}{{\sqrt f }} = 2\log \left( {\frac{R}{K}} \right) + 1.74\)

for laminar flow Friction factor ⇒ \(f = \frac{{64}}{{Re}}\) 

For laminar flow friction factor depends only upon the Reynolds number of the flow and is independent of the contact surface.

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