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    The document defines hydraulic diameter and provides equations to calculate it for different duct shapes commonly found in injection molding cooling circuits. Hydraulic diameter is used to calculate the Reynolds number and is not the same as the geometric diameter for non-circular shapes. Equations are given for circular, annular, rectangular, and half-circular ducts that relate the hydraulic diameter to the cross-sectional area and wetted perimeter of the duct.

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    The document defines hydraulic diameter and provides equations to calculate it for different duct shapes commonly found in injection molding cooling circuits. Hydraulic diameter is used to calculate the Reynolds number and is not the same as the geometric diameter for non-circular shapes. Equations are given for circular, annular, rectangular, and half-circular ducts that relate the hydraulic diameter to the cross-sectional area and wetted perimeter of the duct.

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    HYDRAULIC DIAMETER

    Note: The hydraulic diameter is not the same as the geometric equivalent diameter of non-
    circular ducts or pipes. Hydraulic diameter is the value that should be used in calculating the
    Reynolds number. The following examples represent shapes commonly found in injection
    molding cooling circuits.

    Hydraulic Diameter can be calculated using this general equation:


    dh = 4 A / P
    dh = hydraulic diameter (m, ft, in)
    A = cross section area of the duct or pipe (m2, ft2, in²)
    P = "wetted" perimeter of the duct or pipe (m, ft, in)

    Hydraulic Diameter of a Circular Duct:


    dh= 4 π r² / 2 π r = 2 r = d
    Note that for a circular duct, hydraulic diameter
    is the same as actual diameter.

    Hydraulic Diameter of an Annular Passage:


    dh= 4 π (ro²- ri²) / 2π( ro+ ri)
    dh= 2(ro²- ri²) / (ro+ ri)
    dh= 2(ro-ri)

    Hydraulic Diameter of a Rectangular Duct:


    dh = 4 a b / (2 (a + b))
    dh = 2 a b / (a + b)
    a = width of the duct (m, ft)
    b = height of the duct (m, ft)

    Hydraulic Diameter of a Half Circular Duct:


    This shape occurs when using cooling baffles that divide the flow area of a drilled
    cooling circuit. For simplicity this example ignores the thickness of the baffle.

    dh = 4 A / P
    A = π r2/2
    P=πr+d
    dh = (4 π r2/2) ÷ (π r + d)
    dh = 2 π r2 / (π r + d)

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