Matching Bernoulli equation and Hagen Poiseuille law for viscous fluid motion I thought that Berno

Adelyn Rodriguez

Adelyn Rodriguez

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2022-05-09

Matching Bernoulli equation and Hagen Poiseuille law for viscous fluid motion
I thought that Bernoulli equation could be used only in the case of non viscous fluid. But doing exercises on 2500 Solved Problems In Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Schaum's Solved Problems Series) I found that this procedure is followed.
In the case of viscous laminar flow, Bernoulli equation is written as
(1) z 1 + v 1 2 2 g + p 1 ρ g = z 2 + v 2 2 2 g + p 2 ρ g + h L
Where h L is the head loss (due to viscosity) calculated using Hagen Poiseuille law.
(2) h L = ρ g 8 η L v ¯ R 2
Is this a correct way to solve exercises involving viscosity?
Furthermore are there limitation to this use of Bernoulli equation (in case of viscosity)?
In particular
If the flow is not laminar, I cannot use ( 2 ), but can I still write ( 1 ) in that way?
Is ( 1 ) valid only along the singular streamline or between different ones (assuming the fluid irrotational)?

Answer & Explanation

Lilia Randall

Lilia Randall

Beginner2022-05-10Added 14 answers

This is a correct way to solve exercises involving viscosity (within certain constraints, e.g., constant viscosity). Eqn. 1 is a version of the Bernoulli equation, modified to include a frictional head loss, and is definitely valid, provided the velocities used are the average velocities. Eqn. 1 without the h L is valid along a streamline, even for a viscous flow. If Eqn. 1 is being used for a laminar viscous flow (say in a tube of slowly varying cross section), the kinetic energy terms should not have a 2 in the denominator. See Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena for details. Here they show that, if the 2 is to be included, then instead of using the average value of v squared, one should use the average value of v 3 divided by the average value of v. For laminar flow in a tube, this reduces to twice the square of the average velocity, so, if the average velocity squared is being used in the kinetic energy term, the 2 should not be included in the denominator if the flow is laminar.

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