Galvanized Pipe Friction Loss
Galvanized Pipe Friction Loss
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120 Friction Loss
C New Galvanized Steel Pipe, Sch 40
IPS Size
1-1/4" 1-1/2" 2"
O.D.= 1.660 O.D.= 1.900 O.D.= 2.375
Wall= 0.140 Wall= 0.145 Wall= 0.154
I.D.= 1.380 I.D.= 1.610 I.D.= 2.067
Velocity Friction Velocity Friction Velocity Friction
Velocity Head Loss Velocity Head Loss Velocity Head Loss
GPM (ft/s) (ft) (ft/100') GPM (ft/s) (ft) (ft/100') GPM (ft/s) (ft) (ft/100')
4.0 0.86 0.01 0.4 6 0.95 0.01 0.4 10 0.96 0.01 0.3
5.0 1.07 0.02 0.6 8 1.26 0.02 0.7 12 1.15 0.02 0.4
6.0 1.29 0.03 0.9 10 1.58 0.04 1.0 14 1.34 0.03 0.6
7.0 1.50 0.04 1.1 12 1.89 0.06 1.5 16 1.53 0.04 0.7
8.0 1.72 0.05 1.5 14 2.21 0.08 1.9 18 1.72 0.05 0.9
10.0 2.15 0.07 2.2 16 2.52 0.10 2.5 20 1.91 0.06 1.1
12.0 2.57 0.10 3.1 18 2.84 0.13 3.1 22 2.10 0.07 1.3
14.0 3.00 0.14 4.1 20 3.15 0.15 3.8 24 2.30 0.08 1.6
16.0 3.43 0.18 5.3 22 3.47 0.19 4.5 26 2.49 0.10 1.8
18.0 3.86 0.23 6.6 24 3.78 0.22 5.3 28 2.68 0.11 2.1
20.0 4.29 0.29 8.0 26 4.10 0.26 6.1 30 2.87 0.13 2.4
25.0 5.36 0.45 12.0 28 4.41 0.30 7.0 35 3.35 0.17 3.1
30.0 6.44 0.65 16.9 30 4.73 0.35 8.0 40 3.83 0.23 4.0
35.0 7.51 0.88 22.5 32 5.04 0.40 9.0 45 4.30 0.29 5.0
40.0 8.58 1.15 28.8 34 5.36 0.45 10.1 50 4.78 0.36 6.1
50.0 10.7 1.79 43.5 36 5.67 0.50 11.2 55 5.26 0.43 7.3
60.0 12.9 2.58 60.9 38 5.99 0.56 12.3 60 5.74 0.51 8.5
70.0 15.0 3.51 81.0 40 6.31 0.62 13.6 65 6.22 0.60 9.9
80.0 17.2 4.59 103.8 42 6.62 0.68 14.9 70 6.69 0.70 11.4
90.0 19.3 5.81 129.1 44 6.94 0.75 16.2 75 7.17 0.80 12.9
46 7.25 0.82 17.6 80 7.65 0.91 14.5
48 7.57 0.89 19.0 85 8.13 1.03 16.3
50 7.88 0.97 20.5 90 8.61 1.15 18.1
55 8.67 1.17 24.5 95 9.09 1.29 20.0
60 9.46 1.39 28.8 100 9.56 1.42 22.0
65 10.2 1.64 33.4 110 10.5 1.72 26.2
70 11.0 1.90 38.3 120 11.5 2.05 30.8
75 11.8 2.18 43.5 130 12.4 2.41 35.7
80 12.6 2.48 49.0 140 13.4 2.79 41.0
85 13.4 2.80 54.9 150 14.3 3.21 46.6
90 14.2 3.14 61.0
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120 Friction Loss
C New Galvanized Steel Pipe, Sch 40
IPS Size
2-1/2" 3" 4"
O.D.= 2.875 O.D.= 3.500 O.D.= 4.5
Wall= 0.203 Wall= 0.216 Wall= 0.237
I.D.= 2.469 I.D.= 3.068 I.D.= 4.026
Velocity Friction Velocity Friction Velocity Friction
Velocity Head Loss Velocity Head Loss Velocity Head Loss
GPM (ft/s) (ft) (ft/100') GPM (ft/s) (ft) (ft/100') GPM (ft/s) (ft) (ft/100')
20 1.34 0.03 0.5 30 1.30 0.03 0.35 60 1.51 0.04 0.3
25 1.68 0.04 0.7 35 1.52 0.04 0.46 80 2.02 0.06 0.6
30 2.01 0.06 1.0 40 1.74 0.05 0.59 100 2.52 0.10 0.9
35 2.35 0.09 1.3 45 1.95 0.06 0.73 120 3.03 0.14 1.2
40 2.68 0.11 1.7 50 2.17 0.07 0.89 140 3.53 0.19 1.6
45 3.02 0.14 2.1 60 2.60 0.11 1.25 160 4.03 0.25 2.0
50 3.35 0.17 2.6 70 3.04 0.14 1.66 180 4.54 0.32 2.5
55 3.69 0.21 3.1 80 3.47 0.19 2.13 200 5.04 0.40 3.1
60 4.02 0.25 3.6 90 3.91 0.24 2.65 220 5.55 0.48 3.7
65 4.36 0.30 4.2 100 4.34 0.29 3.22 240 6.05 0.57 4.3
70 4.69 0.34 4.8 120 5.21 0.42 4.51 260 6.55 0.67 5.0
75 5.03 0.39 5.4 140 6.08 0.58 6.00 280 7.06 0.78 5.8
80 5.36 0.45 6.1 160 6.95 0.75 7.7 300 7.56 0.89 6.6
85 5.70 0.51 6.8 180 7.81 0.95 9.6 320 8.07 1.01 7.4
90 6.03 0.57 7.6 200 8.68 1.17 11.6 340 8.57 1.14 8.3
95 6.4 0.63 8.4 220 9.55 1.42 13.9 360 9.08 1.28 9.2
100 6.7 0.70 9.3 240 10.42 1.69 16.3 380 9.58 1.43 10.2
110 7.4 0.85 11.0 260 11.29 1.98 18.9 400 10.1 1.58 11.2
120 8.0 1.01 13.0 280 12.15 2.30 21.7 420 10.6 1.75 12.2
130 8.7 1.18 15.0 300 13.02 2.64 24.6 460 11.6 2.09 14.5
140 9.4 1.37 17.3 320 13.89 3.01 27.7 500 12.6 2.47 16.9
160 10.7 1.79 22.1 340 14.76 3.39 31.0 550 13.9 2.99 20.2
180 12.1 2.27 27.5 360 15.63 3.80 34.5 600 15.1 3.56 23.7
200 13.4 2.80 33.4 380 16.50 4.24 38.1 650 16.4 4.18 27.5
220 14.7 3.39 39.9 400 17.36 4.70 41.9 700 17.6 4.85 31.5
240 16.1 4.03 46.8 420 18.2 5.18 45.9 750 18.9 5.57 35.8
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120 Friction Loss
C New Galvanized Steel Pipe, Sch 40
IPS Size
5" 6" 8"
O.D.= 5.563 O.D.= 6.625 O.D.= 8.625
Wall= 0.258 Wall= 0.280 Wall= 0.322
I.D.= 5.047 I.D.= 6.065 I.D.= 7.981
Velocity Friction Velocity Friction Velocity Friction
Velocity Head Loss Velocity Head Loss Velocity Head Loss
GPM (ft/s) (ft) (ft/100') GPM (ft/s) (ft) (ft/100') GPM (ft/s) (ft) (ft/100')
100 1.60 0.04 0.3 200 2.22 0.08 0.42 400 2.57 0.10 0.4
120 1.92 0.06 0.4 250 2.78 0.12 0.64 450 2.89 0.13 0.5
160 2.57 0.10 0.7 300 3.33 0.17 0.89 500 3.21 0.16 0.6
200 3.21 0.16 1.0 350 3.89 0.24 1.19 550 3.53 0.19 0.7
250 4.01 0.25 1.6 400 4.44 0.31 1.52 600 3.85 0.23 0.8
300 4.81 0.36 2.2 450 5.00 0.39 1.89 650 4.17 0.27 1.0
350 5.61 0.49 2.9 500 5.55 0.48 2.30 700 4.49 0.31 1.1
400 6.42 0.64 3.7 550 6.11 0.58 2.74 750 4.81 0.36 1.3
450 7.22 0.81 4.6 600 6.66 0.69 3.22 800 5.13 0.41 1.4
500 8.02 1.00 5.6 650 7.22 0.81 3.74 900 5.77 0.52 1.8
550 8.82 1.21 6.7 700 7.78 0.94 4.29 1000 6.41 0.64 2.2
600 9.62 1.44 7.9 750 8.33 1.08 4.87 1100 7.06 0.78 2.6
650 10.43 1.69 9.1 800 8.89 1.23 5.5 1200 7.70 0.92 3.1
700 11.23 1.96 10.5 850 9.44 1.39 6.1 1300 8.34 1.08 3.6
750 12.03 2.25 11.9 900 10.0 1.56 6.8 1400 8.98 1.26 4.1
800 12.8 2.57 13.4 950 10.6 1.73 7.6 1500 9.62 1.44 4.6
850 13.6 2.90 15.0 1000 11.1 1.92 8.3 1600 10.26 1.64 5.2
900 14.4 3.25 16.7 1100 12.2 2.33 9.9 1800 11.5 2.08 6.5
950 15.2 3.62 18.5 1200 13.3 2.77 11.6 2000 12.8 2.56 7.9
1000 16.0 4.01 20.3 1300 14.4 3.25 13.5 2200 14.1 3.10 9.4
1100 17.6 4.85 24.2 1400 15.6 3.77 15.5 2400 15.4 3.69 11.1
1200 19.2 5.77 28.5 1600 17.8 4.92 19.8 2600 16.7 4.33 12.8
1300 20.9 6.77 33.0 1800 20.0 6.23 24.7 2800 18.0 5.03 14.7
1400 22.5 7.86 37.9 2000 22.2 7.69 30.0 3000 19.2 5.77 16.7
1500 24.1 9.02 43.0 2200 24.4 9.30 35.8 3500 22.5 7.85 22.2
1600 25.7 10.26 48.5 2400 26.7 11.07 42.0 4000 25.7 10.26 28.5
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120 Friction Loss
C New Galvanized Steel Pipe, Sch 40
IPS Size
10" 12" 14"
O.D.= 10.750 O.D.= 12.750 O.D.= 14.000
Wall= 0.365 Wall= 0.406 Wall= 0.437
I.D.= 10.020 I.D.= 11.938 I.D.= 13.126
Velocity Friction Velocity Friction Velocity Friction
Velocity Head Loss Velocity Head Loss Velocity Head Loss
GPM (ft/s) (ft) (ft/100') GPM (ft/s) (ft) (ft/100') GPM (ft/s) (ft) (ft/100')
700 2.85 0.13 0.4 1000 2.87 0.13 0.31 700 1.66 0.04 0.1
800 3.26 0.17 0.5 1100 3.15 0.15 0.37 800 1.90 0.06 0.1
900 3.66 0.21 0.6 1200 3.44 0.18 0.43 900 2.13 0.07 0.2
1000 4.07 0.26 0.7 1300 3.73 0.22 0.50 1000 2.37 0.09 0.2
1100 4.48 0.31 0.9 1400 4.01 0.25 0.57 1100 2.61 0.11 0.2
1200 4.88 0.37 1.0 1500 4.30 0.29 0.65 1200 2.85 0.13 0.3
1300 5.29 0.44 1.2 1600 4.59 0.33 0.74 1300 3.08 0.15 0.3
1400 5.70 0.51 1.3 1800 5.16 0.41 0.91 1400 3.32 0.17 0.4
1500 6.10 0.58 1.5 2000 5.73 0.51 1.11 1500 3.56 0.20 0.4
1600 6.51 0.66 1.7 2200 6.31 0.62 1.33 1600 3.79 0.22 0.5
1800 7.33 0.84 2.1 2400 6.88 0.74 1.56 1700 4.03 0.25 0.5
2000 8.14 1.03 2.6 2600 7.45 0.87 1.81 1800 4.27 0.28 0.6
2200 8.95 1.25 3.1 2800 8.03 1.00 2.07 1900 4.51 0.32 0.6
2400 9.77 1.49 3.7 3000 8.60 1.15 2.36 2000 4.74 0.35 0.7
2600 10.58 1.74 4.2 3500 10.0 1.57 3.13 2500 5.93 0.55 1.1
2800 11.4 2.02 4.9 4000 11.5 2.05 4.01 3000 7.11 0.79 1.5
3000 12.2 2.32 5.5 4500 12.9 2.59 4.99 3500 8.30 1.07 2.0
3200 13.0 2.64 6.2 5000 14.3 3.20 6.07 4000 9.49 1.40 2.5
3400 13.8 2.98 7.0 5500 15.8 3.87 7.24 4500 10.7 1.77 3.1
3600 14.7 3.34 7.7 6000 17.2 4.61 8.5 5000 11.9 2.19 3.8
3800 15.5 3.73 8.6 6500 18.6 5.41 9.9 6000 14.2 3.15 5.4
4000 16.3 4.13 9.4 7000 20.1 6.27 11.3 7000 16.6 4.29 7.1
4500 18.3 5.22 11.7 7500 21.5 7.20 12.9 8000 19.0 5.61 9.1
5000 20.3 6.45 14.2 8000 22.9 8.19 14.5 9000 21.3 7.10 11.4
5500 22.4 7.80 17.0 8500 24.4 9.25 16.2 10000 23.7 8.76 13.8
6000 24.4 9.29 19.9 9000 25.8 10.37 18.0 11000 26.1 10.60 16.5
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