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The tables below can be used to estimate friction loss or pressure drop for water flowing through ASME/ANSI
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B36.10/19 schedule 40 steel pipes.
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Material Properties Fluid : Water
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Mechanics Temperature : 20.0 oC (68.0 oF)
Miscellaneous Density : 998.3 kg/m3 (62.0 lb/ft3)
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Pipe Roughness Coefficient : 4.5 10-5
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Nominal Pipe Size: 3/8" Share this Page!
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Inside Diameter: 0.0125 m (0.49 inches)

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Flow Velocity Pressure Drop
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(m3/s) (liter/s) (US gpm) (m/s) (ft/s) (Pa/100m) (mmH2O/100m) (psi/100ft) (ftH2O/100ft)
3.0E-5 0.03 0.48 0.24 0.8 11455 1168 0.51 1.17
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4.0E-5 0.04 0.63 0.33 1.07 19091 1947 0.84 1.95 Shortcut to Home
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5.0E-5 0.05 0.79 0.41 1.34 28504 2907 1.26 2.9 Screen?
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9.0E-5 0.09 1.43 0.73 2.4 81615 8322 3.6 8.3
Length development of technical
1.0 1.0E-4 0.1 1.59 0.81 2.7 98108 10004 4.3 10.0 systems!
m 1.1E-4 0.11 1.74 0.9 2.9 118710 12105 5.2 12.1
km 1.2E-4 0.12 1.9 0.98 3.2 137457 14016 6.1 14.0 meetickets
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in 1.3E-4 0.13 2.1 1.06 3.5 161321 16450 7.1 16.5
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ft 1.4E-4 0.14 2.2 1.14 3.7 181897 18548 8.0 18.6 to be done - with tickets!
yards
miles Nominal Pipe Size: 1/2" the Travlet
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Inside Diameter: 0.0158 m (0.62 inches) expenses between
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Flow Velocity Pressure Drop
Volume (m3/s) (liter/s) (US gpm) (m/s) (ft/s) (Pa/100m) (mmH2O/100m) (psi/100ft) (ftH2O/100ft)
1.0
3.0E-5 0.03 0.48 0.153 0.5 3698 377 0.163 0.38
m3 4.0E-5 0.04 0.63 0.2 0.67 6180 630 0.27 0.63
liters
5.0E-5 0.05 0.79 0.26 0.84 9040 922 0.4 0.92
in3
6.0E-5 0.06 0.95 0.31 1.0 12426 1267 0.55 1.27
ft3
us gal 7.0E-5 0.07 1.11 0.36 1.17 16510 1684 0.73 1.69
Convert! 8.0E-5 0.08 1.27 0.41 1.34 21038 2145 0.93 2.1
9.0E-5 0.09 1.43 0.46 1.51 25961 2647 1.15 2.6
Weight
1.0
1.0E-4 0.1 1.59 0.51 1.67 31228 3184 1.38 3.2
kgf 1.1E-4 0.11 1.74 0.56 1.84 36792 3752 1.63 3.8
N 1.2E-4 0.12 1.9 0.61 2.0 43785 4465 1.94 4.5
lbf 1.3E-4 0.13 2.1 0.66 2.2 49998 5098 2.2 5.1
Convert! 1.4E-4 0.14 2.2 0.71 2.3 57986 5913 2.6 5.9
1.5E-4 0.15 2.4 0.77 2.5 64717 6599 2.9 6.6
Velocity
1.0 1.6E-4 0.16 2.5 0.82 2.7 73633 7508 3.3 7.5
m/s 1.7E-4 0.17 2.7 0.87 2.8 83125 8476 3.7 8.5
km/h 1.8E-4 0.18 2.9 0.92 3.0 90529 9231 4.0 9.2
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ft/s (m3/s) (liter/s) (US gpm) (m/s) (ft/s) (Pa/100m) (mmH2O/100m) (psi/100ft) (ftH2O/100ft)
mph 1.9E-4 0.19 3.0 0.97 3.2 100868 10285 4.5 10.3
knots
2.0E-4 0.2 3.2 1.02 3.3 111765 11397 4.9 11.4
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Pressure Nominal Pipe Size: 3/4"

1.0 Inside Diameter: 0.021 m (0.82 inches)
Pa (N/m2)
bar Flow Velocity Pressure Drop
mm H2O (m3/s) (liter/s) (US gpm) (m/s) (ft/s) (Pa/100m) (mmH2O/100m) (psi/100ft) (ftH2O/100ft)
kg/cm2
4.0E-5 0.04 0.63 0.115 0.38 1585 162 0.07 0.162
psi
5.0E-5 0.05 0.79 0.144 0.47 2328 237 0.103 0.24
inches H2O
6.0E-5 0.06 0.95 0.173 0.57 3210 327 0.142 0.33
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7.0E-5 0.07 1.11 0.2 0.66 4175 426 0.185 0.43
Flow 8.0E-5 0.08 1.27 0.23 0.76 5326 543 0.24 0.54
1.0
9.0E-5 0.09 1.43 0.26 0.85 6419 655 0.28 0.66
m3/s
1.0E-4 0.1 1.59 0.29 0.95 7727 788 0.34 0.79
m3/h
1.1E-4 0.11 1.74 0.32 1.04 9350 953 0.41 0.95
US gpm
cfm 1.2E-4 0.12 1.9 0.35 1.14 10842 1106 0.48 1.11
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1.4E-4 0.14 2.2 0.4 1.33 14369 1465 0.64 1.47
Free Industry Magazines 1.5E-4 0.15 2.4 0.43 1.42 16049 1636 0.71 1.64
1.6E-4 0.16 2.5 0.46 1.52 18260 1862 0.81 1.86
Military & Aerospace 1.7E-4 0.17 2.7 0.49 1.61 20041 2044 0.89 2.0
Electronics
1.8E-4 0.18 2.9 0.52 1.7 22468 2291 0.99 2.3
1.9E-4 0.19 3.0 0.55 1.8 25034 2553 1.11 2.6
2.0E-4 0.2 3.2 0.58 1.89 26946 2748 1.19 2.8
3.0E-4 0.3 4.8 0.87 2.8 57062 5819 2.5 5.8
4.0E-4 0.4 6.3 1.15 3.8 98274 10021 4.3 10.0
5.0E-4 0.5 7.9 1.44 4.7 148599 15153 6.6 15.2
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Nominal Pipe Size: 1" Share this Page!
Inside Diameter: 0.027 m (1.05 inches)

Flow Velocity Pressure Drop

(m3/s) (liter/s) (US gpm) (m/s) (ft/s) (Pa/100m) (mmH2O/100m) (psi/100ft) (ftH2O/100ft) 19

7.0E-5 0.07 1.11 0.122 0.4 1243 127 0.055 0.127

Power Engineering 8.0E-5 0.08 1.27 0.14 0.46 1588 162 0.07 0.162
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International 9.0E-5 0.09 1.43 0.157 0.52 1919 196 0.085 0.196 Screen?
1.0E-4 0.1 1.59 0.175 0.57 2312 236 0.102 0.24 The Engineering
1.1E-4 0.11 1.74 0.192 0.63 2729 278 0.121 0.28 ToolBox
1.2E-4 0.12 1.9 0.21 0.69 3248 331 0.144 0.33 bimSystems
1.3E-4 0.13 2.1 0.23 0.74 3717 379 0.164 0.38 - organizing design and
1.4E-4 0.14 2.2 0.24 0.8 4200 428 0.186 0.43 development of technical
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1.5E-4 0.15 2.4 0.26 0.86 4822 492 0.21 0.49
1.6E-4 0.16 2.5 0.28 0.92 5342 545 0.24 0.55 meetickets
Scientific Online 1.7E-4 0.17 2.7 0.3 0.97 6030 615 0.27 0.62 - summarize meetings
Calculator 1.8E-4 0.18 2.9 0.31 1.03 6578 671 0.29 0.67 and keep track of tasks
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1.9E-4 0.19 3.0 0.33 1.09 7329 747 0.32 0.75
2.0E-4 0.2 3.2 0.35 1.15 7895 805 0.35 0.81 the Travlet
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5.0E-4 0.5 7.9 0.87 2.9 42295 4313 1.87 4.3
6.0E-4 0.6 9.5 1.05 3.4 58875 6004 2.6 6.0
7.0E-4 0.7 11.1 1.22 4.0 80136 8171 3.5 8.2
8.0E-4 0.8 12.7 1.4 4.6 101058 10305 4.5 10.3
3 10 9.0E-4 0.9 14.3 1.57 5.2 127901 13042 5.7 13.1
0.0010 1.0 15.9 1.75 5.7 152264 15526 6.7 15.5
0.0011 1.1 17.4 1.92 6.3 184239 18787 8.1 18.8

Nominal Pipe Size: 1 1/4"

Inside Diameter: 0.032 m (1.28 inches)

Flow Velocity Pressure Drop

(m3/s) (liter/s) (US gpm) (m/s) (ft/s) (Pa/100m) (mmH2O/100m) (psi/100ft) (ftH2O/100ft)
1.0E-4 0.1 1.59 0.124 0.41 1037 106 0.046 0.106
1.1E-4 0.11 1.74 0.137 0.45 1226 125 0.054 0.125
1.2E-4 0.12 1.9 0.149 0.49 1424 145 0.063 0.145
1.3E-4 0.13 2.1 0.162 0.53 1630 166 0.072 0.166
1.4E-4 0.14 2.2 0.174 0.57 1843 188 0.081 0.188
1.5E-4 0.15 2.4 0.187 0.61 2116 216 0.094 0.22
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(m3/s) (liter/s) (US gpm) (m/s) (ft/s) (Pa/100m) (mmH2O/100m) (psi/100ft) (ftH2O/100ft)
1.6E-4 0.16 2.5 0.199 0.65 2346 239 0.104 0.24
1.7E-4 0.17 2.7 0.21 0.69 2648 270 0.117 0.27
1.8E-4 0.18 2.9 0.22 0.73 2891 295 0.128 0.3
1.9E-4 0.19 3.0 0.24 0.78 3221 328 0.142 0.33
2.0E-4 0.2 3.2 0.25 0.82 3473 354 0.153 0.35
3.0E-4 0.3 4.8 0.37 1.22 7162 730 0.32 0.73
4.0E-4 0.4 6.3 0.5 1.63 11961 1220 0.53 1.22
5.0E-4 0.5 7.9 0.62 2.0 18087 1844 0.8 1.85
6.0E-4 0.6 9.5 0.75 2.4 25177 2567 1.11 2.6
7.0E-4 0.7 11.1 0.87 2.9 34269 3494 1.51 3.5
8.0E-4 0.8 12.7 0.99 3.3 43215 4407 1.91 4.4
9.0E-4 0.9 14.3 1.12 3.7 54695 5577 2.4 5.6
0.0010 1.0 15.9 1.24 4.1 65113 6640 2.9 6.6
0.0011 1.1 17.4 1.37 4.5 78786 8034 3.5 8.0
0.0012 1.2 19.0 1.49 4.9 93762 9561 4.1 9.6
0.0013 1.3 21 1.62 5.3 105965 10805 4.7 10.8
0.0014 1.4 22 1.74 5.7 122894 12532 5.4 12.5
0.0015 1.5 24 1.87 6.1 141077 14386 6.2 14.4
0.0016 1.6 25 1.99 6.5 160515 16368 7.1 16.4
0.0017 1.7 27 2.1 6.9 181206 18478 8.0 18.5

Nominal Pipe Size: 1 1/2"

Inside Diameter: 0.041 m (1.61 inches)

Flow Velocity Pressure Drop

(m3/s) (liter/s) (US gpm) (m/s) (ft/s) (Pa/100m) (mmH2O/100m) (psi/100ft) (ftH2O/100ft)
2.0E-4 0.2 3.2 0.151 0.5 1062 108 0.047 0.108
3.0E-4 0.3 4.8 0.23 0.75 2200 224 0.097 0.22
4.0E-4 0.4 6.3 0.3 0.99 3688 376 0.163 0.38
5.0E-4 0.5 7.9 0.38 1.24 5413 552 0.24 0.55
6.0E-4 0.6 9.5 0.45 1.49 7543 769 0.33 0.77
7.0E-4 0.7 11.1 0.53 1.74 9925 1012 0.44 1.01
8.0E-4 0.8 12.7 0.61 1.99 12963 1322 0.57 1.32
9.0E-4 0.9 14.3 0.68 2.2 15841 1615 0.7 1.62
0.0010 1.0 15.9 0.76 2.5 19556 1994 0.86 2.0
0.0011 1.1 17.4 0.83 2.7 22818 2327 1.01 2.3
0.0012 1.2 19.0 0.91 3.0 27156 2769 1.2 2.8
0.0013 1.3 21 0.98 3.2 31870 3250 1.41 3.3
0.0014 1.4 22 1.06 3.5 35593 3629 1.57 3.6
0.0015 1.5 24 1.14 3.7 40859 4166 1.81 4.2
0.0016 1.6 25 1.21 4.0 46488 4740 2.1 4.7
0.0017 1.7 27 1.29 4.2 52481 5352 2.3 5.4
0.0018 1.8 29 1.36 4.5 56574 5769 2.5 5.8
0.0019 1.9 30 1.44 4.7 63035 6428 2.8 6.4
0.0020 2.0 32 1.51 5.0 69844 7122 3.1 7.1
0.0030 3.0 48 2.3 7.5 150864 15384 6.7 15.4

Nominal Pipe Size: 2"

Inside Diameter: 0.053 m (2.1 inches)

Flow Velocity Pressure Drop

(m3/s) (liter/s) (US gpm) (m/s) (ft/s) (Pa/100m) (mmH2O/100m) (psi/100ft) (ftH2O/100ft)
4.0E-4 0.4 6.3 0.181 0.59 1053 107 0.047 0.107
5.0E-4 0.5 7.9 0.23 0.74 1548 158 0.068 0.158
6.0E-4 0.6 9.5 0.27 0.89 2159 220 0.095 0.22
7.0E-4 0.7 11.1 0.32 1.04 2844 290 0.126 0.29
8.0E-4 0.8 12.7 0.36 1.19 3591 366 0.159 0.37
9.0E-4 0.9 14.3 0.41 1.34 4545 463 0.2 0.46
0.0010 1.0 15.9 0.45 1.49 5418 552 0.24 0.55
0.0011 1.1 17.4 0.5 1.64 6556 668 0.29 0.67
0.0012 1.2 19.0 0.54 1.78 7523 767 0.33 0.77
0.0013 1.3 21 0.59 1.93 8829 900 0.39 0.9
0.0014 1.4 22 0.63 2.1 10240 1044 0.45 1.05
0.0015 1.5 24 0.68 2.2 11320 1154 0.5 1.16
0.0016 1.6 25 0.73 2.4 12879 1313 0.57 1.31
0.0017 1.7 27 0.77 2.5 14539 1483 0.64 1.48
0.0018 1.8 29 0.82 2.7 16300 1662 0.72 1.66
0.0019 1.9 30 0.86 2.8 17463 1781 0.77 1.78
0.0020 2.0 32 0.91 3.0 19350 1973 0.86 1.98
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(m3/s) (liter/s) (US gpm) (m/s) (ft/s) (Pa/100m) (mmH2O/100m) (psi/100ft) (ftH2O/100ft)
0.0030 3.0 48 1.36 4.5 41795 4262 1.85 4.3
0.0040 4.0 63 1.81 5.9 71207 7261 3.1 7.3
0.0050 5.0 79 2.3 7.4 111260 11345 4.9 11.4
0.0060 6.0 95 2.7 8.9 153249 15627 6.8 15.6

Nominal Pipe Size: 2 1/2"

Inside Diameter: 0.063 m (2.5 inches)

Flow Velocity Pressure Drop

(m3/s) (liter/s) (US gpm) (m/s) (ft/s) (Pa/100m) (mmH2O/100m) (psi/100ft) (ftH2O/100ft)
7.0E-4 0.7 11.1 0.22 0.74 1239 126 0.055 0.126
8.0E-4 0.8 12.7 0.26 0.84 1565 160 0.069 0.16
9.0E-4 0.9 14.3 0.29 0.95 1915 195 0.085 0.195
0.0010 1.0 15.9 0.32 1.05 2365 241 0.105 0.24
0.0011 1.1 17.4 0.35 1.16 2762 282 0.122 0.28
0.0012 1.2 19.0 0.38 1.26 3288 335 0.145 0.34
0.0013 1.3 21 0.42 1.37 3720 379 0.164 0.38
0.0014 1.4 22 0.45 1.47 4315 440 0.191 0.44
0.0015 1.5 24 0.48 1.58 4953 505 0.22 0.51
0.0016 1.6 25 0.51 1.68 5427 553 0.24 0.55
0.0017 1.7 27 0.55 1.79 6127 625 0.27 0.63
0.0018 1.8 29 0.58 1.89 6869 700 0.3 0.7
0.0019 1.9 30 0.61 2.0 7653 780 0.34 0.78
0.0020 2.0 32 0.64 2.1 8480 865 0.37 0.87
0.0030 3.0 48 0.96 3.2 17612 1796 0.78 1.8
0.0040 4.0 63 1.28 4.2 30005 3060 1.33 3.1
0.0050 5.0 79 1.6 5.3 46883 4781 2.1 4.8
0.0060 6.0 95 1.92 6.3 64576 6585 2.9 6.6
0.0070 7.0 111 2.2 7.4 87896 8963 3.9 9.0
0.0080 8.0 127 2.6 8.4 114802 11706 5.1 11.7
0.0090 9.0 143 2.9 9.5 138692 14142 6.1 14.2
0.01 10.0 159 3.2 10.5 171225 17460 7.6 17.5

Nominal Pipe Size: 3"

Inside Diameter: 0.078 m (3.1 inches)

Flow Velocity Pressure Drop

(m3/s) (liter/s) (US gpm) (m/s) (ft/s) (Pa/100m) (mmH2O/100m) (psi/100ft) (ftH2O/100ft)
0.0012 1.2 19.0 0.25 0.82 1170 119 0.052 0.119
0.0013 1.3 21 0.27 0.89 1326 135 0.059 0.135
0.0014 1.4 22 0.29 0.96 1538 157 0.068 0.157
0.0015 1.5 24 0.31 1.03 1766 180 0.078 0.18
0.0016 1.6 25 0.33 1.1 1937 198 0.086 0.198
0.0017 1.7 27 0.36 1.17 2187 223 0.097 0.22
0.0018 1.8 29 0.38 1.24 2452 250 0.108 0.25
0.0019 1.9 30 0.4 1.3 2631 268 0.116 0.27
0.0020 2.0 32 0.42 1.37 2915 297 0.129 0.3
0.0030 3.0 48 0.63 2.1 6054 617 0.27 0.62
0.0040 4.0 63 0.84 2.7 10314 1052 0.46 1.05
0.0050 5.0 79 1.05 3.4 16116 1643 0.71 1.64
0.0060 6.0 95 1.26 4.1 22197 2263 0.98 2.3
0.0070 7.0 111 1.46 4.8 30213 3081 1.34 3.1
0.0080 8.0 127 1.67 5.5 39462 4024 1.74 4.0
0.0090 9.0 143 1.88 6.2 47674 4861 2.1 4.9
0.01 10.0 159 2.1 6.9 58857 6002 2.6 6.0
0.011 11.0 174 2.3 7.6 71217 7262 3.1 7.3
0.012 12.0 190 2.5 8.2 84754 8642 3.7 8.7
0.013 13.0 206 2.7 8.9 99468 10143 4.4 10.2
0.014 14.0 222 2.9 9.6 115360 11763 5.1 11.8
0.015 15.0 238 3.1 10.3 126122 12861 5.6 12.9
0.016 16.0 254 3.3 11.0 143499 14633 6.3 14.6
0.017 17.0 269 3.6 11.7 161997 16519 7.2 16.5
0.018 18.0 285 3.8 12.4 181616 18519 8.0 18.5

Nominal Pipe Size: 3 1/2"

Inside Diameter: 0.096 m (3.8 inches)

Flow Velocity Pressure Drop

(m3/s) (liter/s) (US gpm) (m/s) (ft/s) (Pa/100m) (mmH2O/100m) (psi/100ft) (ftH2O/100ft)