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xls 12/29/2017 Polyethylene Friction Loss Table: Gustavo Urbano 1 Metric Friction Chart
Friction Loss Characteristics
Polyethylene (PE) SDR-Pressure Rated Tube
(2306, 3206, 3306) SDR 7, 9, 11.5, 15 C=150
Sizes: 12.5mm to 75mm
Flow: 0.063 to 28.39 Liters per second
Size 13mm (1/2") 19mm (3/4") 25mm (1") 32mm (1 1/4") 38mm (1 1/2") 50mm (2") 63mm (2 1/2") 75mm (3")
ID (cm) 1.326 2.093 2.664 3.505 4.089 5.250 6.271 7.793
Flow Flow Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss
GPM LPS M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s m/100m
1 0.06 0.32 1.05 0.18 0.26 0.11 0.09 0.06 0.02 0.05 0.00 0.03 0.00
2 0.13 0.64 3.77 0.37 0.96 0.23 0.30 0.13 0.09 0.09 0.04 0.06 0.02
3 0.19 0.96 7.99 0.55 2.04 0.34 0.62 0.20 0.17 0.14 0.09 0.09 0.02 0.06 0.00
4 0.25 1.28 13.61 0.73 3.47 0.45 1.07 0.26 0.28 0.19 0.13 0.12 0.04 0.08 0.02
5 0.32 1.61 20.57 0.92 5.23 0.56 1.63 0.32 0.43 0.24 0.19 0.14 0.06 0.10 0.02 0.06 0.00
6 0.38 1.93 28.85 1.10 7.35 0.68 2.27 0.39 0.60 0.29 0.28 0.17 0.09 0.12 0.04 0.08 0.02
7 0.44 2.25 38.38 1.28 9.77 0.79 3.02 0.46 0.79 0.33 0.39 0.20 0.11 0.14 0.04 0.09 0.02
8 0.50 2.57 49.14 1.47 12.52 0.90 3.86 0.52 1.01 0.38 0.47 0.23 0.15 0.16 0.06 0.10 0.02
9 0.57 2.89 61.23 1.65 15.56 1.01 4.80 0.59 1.26 0.43 0.60 0.26 0.17 0.18 0.06 0.12 0.02
10 0.63 3.21 74.30 1.83 18.90 1.13 5.85 0.65 1.54 0.48 0.73 0.29 0.21 0.20 0.09 0.13 0.02
11 0.69 3.54 88.64 2.02 22.57 1.24 6.96 0.72 1.84 0.52 0.86 0.32 0.26 0.22 0.11 0.14 0.04
12 0.76 3.86 104.15 2.20 26.51 1.35 8.19 0.78 2.16 0.57 1.03 0.35 0.30 0.24 0.13 0.16 0.04
14 0.88 4.50 138.55 2.56 35.27 1.58 10.89 0.91 2.87 0.67 1.35 0.41 0.41 0.28 0.17 0.18 0.06
16 1.01 5.14 177.42 2.93 45.15 1.81 13.95 1.04 3.66 0.77 1.74 0.46 0.51 0.33 0.21 0.21 0.09
18 1.14 5.79 220.67 3.30 56.17 2.03 17.36 1.17 4.56 0.86 2.16 0.52 0.64 0.37 0.28 0.24 0.09
20 1.26 3.66 68.28 2.26 21.09 1.30 5.55 0.96 2.61 0.58 0.77 0.41 0.32 0.26 0.11
22 1.39 4.03 81.46 2.49 25.16 1.43 6.62 1.06 3.13 0.64 0.92 0.45 0.39 0.29 0.13
24 1.51 4.40 95.69 2.72 29.55 1.57 7.78 1.15 3.69 0.70 1.09 0.48 0.45 0.32 0.15
26 1.64 4.76 101.77 2.94 34.29 1.70 9.02 1.25 4.26 0.76 1.26 0.53 0.54 0.34 0.19
28 1.77 5.13 127.32 3.17 39.32 1.83 10.35 1.34 4.89 0.81 1.46 0.57 0.62 0.37 0.21
30 1.89 5.50 144.66 3.40 44.68 1.96 11.77 1.44 5.55 0.87 1.65 0.61 0.69 0.40 0.24
35 2.21 3.95 59.45 2.28 15.67 1.68 7.39 1.02 2.19 0.71 0.92 0.46 0.32
40 2.52 4.52 76.14 2.61 20.06 1.92 9.47 1.16 2.81 0.81 1.18 0.53 0.41
45 2.84 5.08 94.70 2.94 24.73 2.16 11.79 1.31 3.49 0.92 1.48 0.59 0.51
50 3.15 5.64 115.10 3.26 30.30 2.40 14.32 1.45 4.24 1.02 1.78 0.66 0.62
55 3.47 3.59 36.15 2.64 17.08 1.60 5.06 1.12 2.14 0.72 0.75
60 3.78 3.92 42.48 2.88 20.06 1.74 5.96 1.24 2.51 0.79 0.88
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65 4.10 4.24 49.27 3.12 23.27 1.89 6.90 1.33 2.91 0.86 1.01
70 4.42 4.57 56.51 3.36 26.70 2.04 7.91 1.43 3.34 0.92 1.16
75 4.73 4.90 64.12 3.60 30.35 2.18 9.00 1.53 3.79 0.99 1.31
80 5.05 5.22 72.37 3.84 34.18 2.33 10.14 1.63 4.26 1.05 1.48
85 5.36 5.55 80.99 4.08 38.25 2.47 11.34 1.73 4.78 1.18 1.65
90 5.68 5.88 90.03 4.32 42.52 2.62 12.60 1.83 5.31 1.19 1.84
95 5.99 4.56 47.00 2.76 13.93 1.94 5.87 1.25 2.04
100 6.31 4.80 51.69 2.91 15.32 2.04 6.45 1.32 2.25
110 6.94 5.28 61.66 3.20 18.28 2.24 7.69 1.45 2.68
120 7.57 5.75 72.44 3.49 21.47 2.45 9.04 1.58 3.15
130 8.20 3.78 24.90 2.65 10.50 1.72 3.64
140 8.83 4.07 28.57 2.86 12.04 1.85 4.18
150 9.46 4.36 32.47 3.08 13.67 1.98 4.76
160 10.09 4.65 36.60 3.26 15.41 2.11 5.36
170 10.72 4.95 40.95 3.47 17.25 2.24 6.00
180 11.35 5.24 45.52 3.67 19.18 2.40 6.66
190 11.99 5.53 50.32 3.87 21.19 2.51 7.37
200 12.62 5.82 55.31 4.08 23.29 2.64 8.10
225 14.19 4.59 28.97 2.97 10.07
250 15.77 5.10 35.23 3.30 12.24
275 17.35 5.61 42.03 3.63 14.62
300 18.92 3.96 17.17
325 20.50 4.29 19.91
350 22.08 4.62 22.82
375 23.66 4.95 25.93
400 25.23 5.28 29.23
425 26.81 5.61 32.70
450 28.39 5.94 36.37
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325 20.50
350 22.08
375 23.66
400 25.23
425 26.81
450 28.39
475 29.96
500 31.54
525 33.12
550 34.69
575 36.27
600 37.85
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50mm (2") 63mm (2 1/2") 75mm (3") 100mm (4") 150mm (6")
5.250 6.271 7.793 10.226 15.405
Velocit Head losVelocit Head losVelocit Head losVelocit Head losVelocit Head loss
M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s m/100m
0.09 0.00
0.19 0.01
0.28 0.01 0.20 0.00
0.38 0.02 0.26 0.01
0.47 0.03 0.33 0.01 0.21 0.00
0.57 0.04 0.40 0.02 0.26 0.01
0.66 0.05 0.46 0.02 0.30 0.01
0.76 0.07 0.53 0.03 0.34 0.01
0.85 0.08 0.60 0.03 0.39 0.01
0.95 0.10 0.66 0.04 0.43 0.01
1.05 0.12 0.73 0.05 0.47 0.02
1.14 0.14 0.80 0.06 0.52 0.02
1.33 0.19 0.93 0.08 0.60 0.03
1.52 0.24 1.07 0.10 0.69 0.04
1.71 0.30 1.20 0.13 0.78 0.04
1.90 0.36 1.33 0.15 0.86 0.05
2.10 0.43 1.47 0.18 0.95 0.06
2.29 0.51 1.59 0.21 1.04 0.07
2.48 0.59 1.74 0.25 1.12 0.09
2.67 0.68 1.87 0.29 1.21 0.10
2.86 0.77 2.00 0.32 1.30 0.11
3.34 1.02 2.34 0.43 1.51 0.15
3.82 1.31 2.67 0.55 1.73 0.19
4.29 1.63 3.01 0.69 1.95 0.24
4.77 1.98 3.34 0.83 2.16 0.29
5.25 2.36 3.68 1.00 2.36 0.35
5.72 2.78 4.07 1.17 2.60 0.41
6.20 3.22 4.35 1.36 2.81 0.47
6.68 3.69 4.68 1.56 3.03 0.54
7.16 4.20 5.01 1.77 3.25 0.61
7.63 4.73 5.35 1.99 3.46 0.69
8.11 5.29 5.68 2.23 3.86 0.77
8.59 5.88 6.02 2.48 3.90 0.86
9.07 6.50 6.35 2.74 4.11 0.95
9.54 7.15 6.68 3.01 4.33 1.05
10.50 8.53 7.35 3.59 4.76 1.25
11.45 10.02 8.03 4.22 5.20 1.47
12.41 11.62 8.70 4.90 5.63 1.70
13.36 13.33 9.37 5.62 6.06 1.95
14.32 15.15 10.09 6.38 6.50 2.22
15.27 17.08 10.70 7.19 6.93 2.50
16.23 19.11 11.37 8.05 7.36 2.80
17.18 21.24 12.04 8.95 7.88 3.11
18.14 23.48 12.71 9.89 8.23 3.44
19.09 25.81 13.38 10.87 8.66 3.78
15.05 13.52 9.75 4.70
16.73 16.44 10.83 5.71
18.40 19.61 11.92 6.82
13.00 8.01
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14.08 9.29
15.17 10.65
16.25 12.10
17.33 13.64
18.42 15.26
19.50 16.97
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The presence of the "Range" term in a cell signifies that the input data is outside the parameters of the friction ch
The presence of the "Error" term in a cell signifies that the input data is not a recognised diameter in inches.
Note : the following friction tables are for spreadsheet calculation only
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S) for a combination of
Total Fric.
Head (m)
19.91
32mm (1 1/4") 38mm (1 1/2") 50mm (2") 63mm (2 1/2") 75mm (3")
Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity
m/s m/100m m/s m/100m m/s m/100m m/s m/100m m/s
0.48 0.87 0.35 0.42 0.21 0.12 0.15 0.05 0.10
32mm (1 1/4") 38mm (1 1/2") 50mm (2") 63mm (2 1/2") 75mm (3")
3.505 4.089 5.250 6.271 7.793
Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity
M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s
0.06 0.02 0.05 0.00 0.03 0.00
0.13 0.09 0.09 0.04 0.06 0.02
0.20 0.17 0.14 0.09 0.09 0.02 0.06 0.00
0.26 0.28 0.19 0.13 0.12 0.04 0.08 0.02
0.32 0.43 0.24 0.19 0.14 0.06 0.10 0.02 0.06
0.39 0.60 0.29 0.28 0.17 0.09 0.12 0.04 0.08
0.46 0.79 0.33 0.39 0.20 0.11 0.14 0.04 0.09
0.52 1.01 0.38 0.47 0.23 0.15 0.16 0.06 0.10
0.59 1.26 0.43 0.60 0.26 0.17 0.18 0.06 0.12
0.65 1.54 0.48 0.73 0.29 0.21 0.20 0.09 0.13
0.72 1.84 0.52 0.86 0.32 0.26 0.22 0.11 0.14
0.78 2.16 0.57 1.03 0.35 0.30 0.24 0.13 0.16
0.91 2.87 0.67 1.35 0.41 0.41 0.28 0.17 0.18
1.04 3.66 0.77 1.74 0.46 0.51 0.33 0.21 0.21
1.17 4.56 0.86 2.16 0.52 0.64 0.37 0.28 0.24
1.30 5.55 0.96 2.61 0.58 0.77 0.41 0.32 0.26
1.43 6.62 1.06 3.13 0.64 0.92 0.45 0.39 0.29
1.57 7.78 1.15 3.69 0.70 1.09 0.48 0.45 0.32
1.70 9.02 1.25 4.26 0.76 1.26 0.53 0.54 0.34
1.83 10.35 1.34 4.89 0.81 1.46 0.57 0.62 0.37
1.96 11.77 1.44 5.55 0.87 1.65 0.61 0.69 0.40
2.28 15.67 1.68 7.39 1.02 2.19 0.71 0.92 0.46
2.61 20.06 1.92 9.47 1.16 2.81 0.81 1.18 0.53
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32mm (1 1/4") 38mm (1 1/2") 50mm (2") 63mm (2 1/2") 75mm (3")
3.505 4.089 5.250 6.271 7.793
Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity Head loss Velocity
M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s m/100m M/s
0.06 0.02 0.05 0.00 0.03 0.00
0.13 0.09 0.09 0.04 0.06 0.02
0.20 0.17 0.14 0.09 0.09 0.02 0.06 0.00
0.26 0.28 0.19 0.13 0.12 0.04 0.08 0.02
0.32 0.43 0.24 0.19 0.14 0.06 0.10 0.02 0.06
0.39 0.60 0.29 0.28 0.17 0.09 0.12 0.04 0.08
0.46 0.79 0.33 0.39 0.20 0.11 0.14 0.04 0.09
0.52 1.01 0.38 0.47 0.23 0.15 0.16 0.06 0.10
0.59 1.26 0.43 0.60 0.26 0.17 0.18 0.06 0.12
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75mm (3")
Head loss
m/100m
0.02
75mm (3")
7.793
Head loss
m/100m
0.00
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.04
0.04
0.06
0.09
0.09
0.11
0.13
0.15
0.19
0.21
0.24
0.32
0.41
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0.51
0.62
0.75
0.88
1.01
1.16
1.31
1.48
1.65
1.84
2.04
2.25
2.68
3.15
3.64
4.18
4.76
5.36
6.00
6.66
7.37
8.10
10.07
12.24
14.62
17.17
19.91
22.82
25.93
29.23
32.70
36.37
75mm (3")
7.793
Head loss
m/100m
0.00
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
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0.02
0.04
0.04
0.06
0.09
0.09
0.11
0.13
0.15
0.19
0.21
0.24
0.32
0.41
0.51
0.62
0.75
0.88
1.01
1.16
1.31
1.48
1.65
1.84
2.04
2.25
2.68
3.15
3.64
4.18
4.76
5.36
6.00
6.66
7.37
8.10
10.07
12.24
14.62
17.17
19.91
22.82
25.93
29.23
32.70
36.37
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