miércoles, 26 de diciembre de 2012

Pipe roughness and flow

people tend to polish and and grind all the casting marks on the intake manifold or cylinder head.
as you can see in the graph, a laminar flow speed is higher than turbulent, and also the flow speed raises  in the middle of the pipe. so how a pipe with no casting marks and a surface less rough can change the speed and flow?
a practical approach  in the flowbench shows me that there is almost no difference between a polished surface and a OEM finish surface.  
a theoretical approach,  for a pipe 120mm long, with 40mm diammeter , a pipe roughness of 1e-15 (almost pvc or plastic surface), 990mbar of pressure,  there is an air velocity of 253.528m/s.
with a pipe roughness of cast iron, which is 4.5e-5,  the air velocity is 253.524m/s, a 0.04m/s difference.

lets see how affects this air velocity change in flow. for a 40mm diammeter pipe of 120mm length, with an air velocity of 253.528m/s (roughness almost plastic or pvc) . Flow rate is  675.05 cubic foot per minute.

with a cast iron surface, air velocity of 253.524m/s flow rate is 675.06 cubic foot per minute.

in an ideal world and an efficient engine, 1 horsepower  drinks 1.4CFM,  so don't waste your time polishing surfaces...

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