Friction loss

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Nouvelles expériences sur la résistance des fluides, 1777

In fluid dynamics, friction loss (or frictional loss) is the head loss that occurs in a containment such as a pipe or duct due to the effect of the fluid's viscosity near the surface of the containment.[1]

  1. ^ Munson, B.R. (2006). Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics (5 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons.