Turbulent Flow in Circular Tubes

Section 8.5

Fully Developed Flow

The Dittus-Boelter equation (Equation 8.60) is valid for small temperature differences:

Where is 0.4 when and 0.3 when .

The derivation for the Dittus-Boelter Correlation can be found in 11A - 2nd Class.

Large Temperature Differences

Equation 8.61:

Smooth tubes

Equation 8.62 is more accurate than 8.61 but only applicable to smooth tubes: