Engineering Manual

Friction Loss in plastic pipe - Schedule 4O

Velocity measured in ft./sec., Loss in feet of water head per 100 ft. of pipe.
GALS. 1/2” 3/4” 1” 1 1/4” 1 1/2” 2” 2 1/2” 3” 3 1/2” 4”
PER
MIN. Vel Loss Vel Loss Vel Loss Vel Loss Vel Loss Vel Loss Vel Loss Vel Loss Vel Loss Vel Loss
2 2.10 3.47 1.20 0.89
4 4.23 12.7 2.41 3.29 1.49 1.01 .86 .27 .63 .12
6 6.34 26.8 3.61 6.91 2.23 2.14 1.29 .57 .94 .26 .57 .09
8 8.45 46.1 4.82 11.8 2.98 3.68 1.72 .95 1.26 .45 .77 .16 .52 .05
10 10.6 69.1 6.02 17.9 3.72 5.50 2.14 1.44 1.57 .67 .96 .24 .65 .08 .43 .03
12 7.22 24.9 4.46 7.71 2.57 2.02 1.89 .94 1.15 .37 .78 .11 .52 .05
15 9.02 37.6 5.60 11.8 3.21 3.05 2.36 1.41 1.50 .51 .98 .17 .65 .07 .49 .03
18 10.8 50.9 6.69 16.5 3.86 4.28 2.83 1.99 1.72 .70 1.18 .24 .78 .10 .58 .04
20 5” PIPE 12.0 63.9 7.44 19.7 4.29 5.21 3.15 2.44 1.01 .86 1.31 .29 .87 .12 .65 .05 .51 .03
25 9.30 30.1 5.36 7.80 3.80 3.43 2.50 1.28 1.63 .43 1.09 .18 .81 .08 .64 .04
30 .49 .02 11.15 41.8 6.43 10.8 4.72 5.17 2.89 1.80 1.96 .61 1.30 .25 .97 .11 .77 .06
35 .57 .03 13.02 55.9 7.51 14.7 5.51 6.91 3.35 2.40 2.35 .81 1.52 .33 1.14 .15 .89 .08
40 .65 .04 6”PIPE 14.88 71.4 8.58 18.8 6.30 8.83 3.82 3.10 2.68 1.03 1.74 .43 1.30 .19 1.02 .10
45 .73 .04 16.70 9.65 23.5 7.08 10.9 4.30 3.85 3.02 1.32 1.95 .54 1.46 .24 1.15 .13
50 .82 .05 .57 .02 10.72 28.2 7.87 13.3 4.78 4.65 3.35 1.56 2.17 .65 1.62 .29 1.28 .16
55 .90 .06 .62 .02 11.78 33.8 8.66 16.0 5.26 5.55 3.69 1.88 2.39 .74 1.70 .34 1.41 .19
60 .98 .07 .68 .03 12.87 40.0 9.44 18.6 5.74 6.53 4.02 2.19 2.60 .90 1.95 .40 1.53 .22
65 1.06 .09 .74 .04 13.92 46.7 10.23 21.6 6.21 7.56 4.36 2.53 2.82 1.02 2.00 .47 1.66 .25
70 1.14 .10 .79 .04 15.01 53.1 11.02 24.9 6.69 8.64 4.69 2.91 3.04 1.21 2.27 .54 1.79 .30
75 1.22 .11 .85 .05 16.06 60.6 11.80 28.2 7.17 9.82 5.03 3.33 3.25 1.41 2.32 .60 1.91 .34
80 1.31 .13 .91 .05 17.16 68.2 12.69 32.0 7.65 11.1 5.36 3.71 3.49 1.54 2.60 .69 2.04 .38
85 1.39 .15 .96 .06 18.21 77.0 13.38 35.3 8.13 12.5 5.70 3.81 3.69 1.66 2.62 .76 2.17 .42
90 1.47 .16 1.02 .07 19.30 84.6 14.71 39.5 8.61 13.8 6.03 4.61 3.91 1.92 2.92 .85 2.30 .47
95 1.55 .18 1.08 .07 14.95 43.7 9.08 15.3 6.37 5.07 4.12 2.04 2.93 .96 2.42 .53
100 1.63 .19 1.13 .08 15.74 47.9 9.56 16.8 6.70 5.64 4.34 2.33 3.25 1.03 2.55 .57
110 1.79 .23 1.25 .10 17.31 57.3 10.5 20.2 7.37 6.81 4.77 2.82 3.57 1.25 2.81 .69
120 1.96 .27 1.36 .11 8” PIPE 18.89 67.2 11.5 23.5 8.04 7.89 5.21 3.29 3.99 1.45 3.06 .80
130 2.12 .31 1.47 .13 20.46 78.0 12.4 27.3 8.71 8.79 5.64 3.81 4.22 1.68 3.31 .93
140 2.29 .36 1.59 .15 .90 .04 22.04 89.3 13.4 31.5 9.38 10.5 6.08 4.32 4.54 1.93 3.57 1.07
150 2.45 .41 1.70 .17 .96 .04 23.6 14.3 35.7 10.00 12.0 6.51 4.93 4.87 2.19 3.82 1.23
160 2.61 .46 1.80 .19 1.02 .05 15.3 40.4 10.7 13.6 6.94 5.54 5.19 2.47 4.08 1.37
170 2.77 .51 1.92 .21 1.08 .05 16.3 45.1 11.4 16.0 7.36 6.25 5.52 2.75 4.33 1.53
180 2.94 .57 2.04 .24 1.15 .06 17.2 50.3 12.1 16.8 7.81 6.58 5.85 3.07 4.60 1.70
190 3.10 .63 2.16 .26 1.21 .07 10” PIPE 18.2 55.5 12.7 18.6 8.24 7.28 6.17 3.39 4.84 1.88
200 3.27 .70 2.27 .29 1.28 .07 19.1 60.6 13.4 20.3 8.68 8.36 6.50 3.73 5.11 2.06
220 3.59 .83 2.44 .34 1.40 .08 .90 .03 21.0 72.4 14.7 24.9 9.55 10.0 7.14 4.45 5.62 2.44
240 3.92 .98 2.67 .41 1.53 .10 .98 .03 22.9 85.5 16.1 28.7 10.4 11.8 7.79 5.22 6.13 2.91
260 4.25 1.13 2.89 .47 1.66 .12 1.06 .04 24.9 99.2 17.4 33.0 11.3 13.7 8.44 6.07 6.64 3.28
280 4.50 1.30 3.11 .54 1.79 .13 1.15 .04 18.8 38.1 12.2 15.7 9.09 6.95 7.15 3.85
300 4.90 1.48 3.33 .62 1.91 .15 1.22 .05 20.1 43.2 13.0 17.9 9.74 7.90 7.66 4.37
320 5.13 1.66 3.56 .69 2.05 .17 1.31 .06 21.6 48.4 13.9 20.1 10.40 8.88 8.17 4.93
340 5.44 1.87 3.78 .76 2.18 .19 1.39 .07 12” PIPE 22.9 54.5 14.8 22.5 11.00 9.96 8.58 5.50
360 5.77 2.07 4.00 .86 2.30 .21 1.47 .07 24.2 60.2 15.6 24.9 11.70 11.0 9.10 6.15
380 6.19 2.28 4.22 .94 2.43 .24 1.55 .08 1.08 .03 25.6 66.7 16.5 27.7 12.3 12.2 9.59 6.58
400 6.44 2.5 4.43 1.03 2.60 .25 1.63 .09 1.14 .04 26.8 73.3 17.4 30.6 13.0 13.4 10.10 7.52
450 7.20 3.1 5.00 1.29 2.92 .32 1.84 .11 1.28 .05 19.5 36.7 13.9 16.7 11.49 9.31
500 8.02 3.8 5.56 1.36 3.19 .39 2.04 .13 1.42 .05 21.7 46.1 16.2 20.3 12.6 11.3
550 8.82 4.5 6.11 1.86 3.52 .46 2.24 .16 1.56 .06 23.9 55.0 17.9 24.3 13.0 13.5
600 9.62 5.3 6.65 2.19 3.85 .54 2.45 .18 1.70 .07 26.0 64.4 19.5 28.5 15.10 15.8
650 10.40 6.2 7.22 2.53 4.16 .63 2.65 .21 1.84 .09 28.2 21.1 33.0 16.40 18.3
700 11.2 7.1 7.78 2.92 4.46 .72 2.86 .24 1.99 .10 22.7 37.9 17.60 21.1
750 12.0 8.1 8.34 3.35 4.80 .82 3.06 .28 2.13 .11 24.4 43.0 18.90 24.0
800 12.8 9.1 8.90 3.74 5.10 .89 3.26 .31 2.27 .13 26.0 48.4 20.20 26.8
850 13.6 10.2 9.45 4.21 5.48 1.03 3.47 .35 2.41 .15 27.6 54.1 21.4 30.1
900 14.4 11.3 10.0 4.75 5.75 1.16 3.67 .39 2.56 .16 22.7 33.4
950 15.2 12.5 10.5 5.26 6.06 1.35 3.88 .43 2.70 .18
1000 16.0 13.7 11.1 5.66 6.38 1.40 4.08 .48 2.84 .19
1100 17.6 16.4 12.2 6.84 7.03 1.65 4.49 .56 3.13 .23
1200 19.61 19.2 13.3 8.04 7.66 1.96 4.90 .66 3.41 .27
1300 20.8 14.4 8.6 8.30 2.28 5.31 .76 3.69 .31
1400 22.4 15.6 10.6 8.95 2.59 5.71 .88 3.98 .37
1500 24.0 16.7 12.0 9.58 2.93 6.12 1.00 4.26 .42
1600 25.6 17.8 12.6 10.21 3.29 6.53 1.12 4.55 .46
1800 20.0 11.50 4.13 7.35 1.39 5.11 .57
2000 22.2 12.78 5.03 8.16 1.69 5.68 .70
2200 24.4 14.05 6.00 8.98 1.99 6.25 .85
2400 26.7 15.32 6.7 9.80 2.37 6.81 .98
2600 10.61 2.73 7.38 1.14
2800 11.41 3.15 7.95 1.29
3000 12.24 3.58 8.52 1.48
3200 13.05 3.7 9.10 1.65
3500 14.30 4.74 9.95 1.96
3800 15.51 6.3 10.80 2.30
4200 11.92 2.76
4500 12.78 3.24
5000 14.20 3.95
5500
6000
*Data shown is calculated from Williams and Hazen formula H = 3.023 V 1.852 using C-150. For water at 60°F.
C 1.852 D 1.167
Where H = head loss, V = fluid velocity ft./sec., D = diameter of pipe, ft., C = coefficient representing roughness of pipe interior surface.