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Pressure drop is defined as the difference in total pressure between two points of a fluid carrying network.
Pressure drop occurs when frictional forces, caused by the resistance to flow, act on a fluid as it flows through the tube. The main determinants of resistance to fluid flow are fluid velocity through the pipe and fluid viscosity. Pressure drop increases proportional to the frictional shear forces within the piping network. A piping network containing a high relative roughness rating as well as many pipe fittings and joints, tube convergence, divergence, turns, surface roughness and other physical properties will affect the pressure drop. High flow velocities and / or high fluid viscosities result in a larger pressure drop across a section of pipe or a valve or elbow. Low velocity will result in lower or no pressure drop. The fluid may also be bi phasic as in pneumatic conveying with a gas and a solid, in this case the friction of the solid must also be taken into consideration for calculating the pressure drop ^[1]

See also

• Pressure measurement


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  Darcy–Weisbach equation (To calculate pressure drop in a channel)

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