Equivalent Length of STEEL Straight Pipe for Various Fittings

in feet, turbulent flow only

FITTINGS
1
2
3
4
5
90 Elbow, screwed
5.2
8.5
11
13
90 Elbow, flanged
1.6
3.1
4.4
5.9
7.3
45 Elbow, screwed
1.3
2.7
4.0
5.5
45 Elbow, flanged
0.8
1.7
2.6
3.5
4.5
Tee-branch, screwed
6.6 12.0 17.0 21.0
Tee-branch, flanged
3.3
6.6
9.4
12
15
Tee-through, screwed
3.2
7.7
12
17
Tee-through, flanged
1.0
1.8
2.2
2.8
3.3
Coupling, screwed
0.3
0.5
0.5
0.7
Globe Valve, screwed
29
54
79
110
Globe Valve, flanged
45
70
94
120 150
Swing Check Valve, screwed 11
19
27
38
Swing Check Valve, flanged 7.2
17
27
38
50
Gate Valve, screwed
0.8
1.5
1.9
2.5
Gate Valve, flanged
2.6
2.8
2.9
3.1
Bell Inlet, Steel
0.2
0.4
0.7
1.0
1.3
Square Inlete, Steel
1.3
3.1
6.7
9.5
13
Re-entrant, Steel
3.6
8.5
13
19
25
Civil Engineering Reference Manual, 9th Edition, 2003
Appendix 17.D

Pipe Size, Inches

8
10
12

14

16

18

20

24

8.9

12

14

17

18

21

23

25

30

5.6

7.7

11

13

15

16

18

22

18

24

30

34

37

43

47

52

62

3.8

4.7

5.2

6.0

6.4

7.2

7.6

8.2

9.6

190

260

310

390

63

90

120

140

3.2
1.6
16
32

3.2
2.3
23
45

3.2
2.9
29
58

3.2
3.5
35
70

3.2
4.0
40
80

3.2
4.7
47
95

3.2
5.3
53
110

3.2
6.1
61
120

3.2
7.6
76
150

18
42.2
22.5
84.4
28.1
478
70.3
16.9

20
47.0
25.1
94.1
31.4
533
78.4
12.5

24
56.6
30.2
113.0
37.7
641
94.3
15.1

Equivalent Length of PVC Straight Pipe for Various Fittings

in feet, turbulent flow only
FITTINGS
90 Elbow
45 Elbow
Tee-branch flow
Tee-through flow
Globe Valve, full open
Swing Check Valve, full open
Gate Valve, full open

Pipe Size, Inches

1
2
3
4
5
6
8
10
12
2.6
5.2
7.7 10.1 12.6 15.2 20.0 25.1 29.8
1.4
2.8
4.1
5.4
6.7
8.1 10.6 13.4 15.9
5.3 10.3 15.3 20.1 25.2 30.3 39.9 50.1 59.7
1.8
3.5
5.1
6.7
8.4 10.1 13.3 16.7 19.9
29.7 58.6 86.9 114 143 172 226 284 338
8.7 17.2 25.5 33.6 42.1 50.5 33.3 41.8 49.7
0.7
1.4
2.0
2.7
3.4
4.0
5.3
6.7
8.0

Handbook of PVC Pipe, 4th Edition, 2001

Table 9.1

14
32.8
17.5
65.6
21.8
372
54.7
8.8

16
37.5
20.0
75.0
25.0
425
62.5
10.0