Fluid Flow

Bingham Plastic Fluid

This web application calculates pressure drop in a straight pipe due to flow of a non-Newtonian Bingham plastic fluid.

Pipe Data

mm
mm
 

Fluid Data

kg/h
kg/m³
N/m²
N.s/m²

Result

Reynold's Number

Reynolds number for Bingham plastic fluid is defined as

\displaystyle \displaystyle Re = \frac{D.v.\rho}{\mu_{p}}

where, D is pipe inside diameter, V is fluid velocity, ρ is fluid density and μp is plastic viscosity.

Friction Factor

For Laminar flow, friction factor is provided by Buckingham Reiner equation.

For turbulent flow, an empirical relationship was developed by Darby and Melson.

Reference

  1. Bingham plastic fluid flow at cheguide.com