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Hydraulic Diameter

fullflow.HydraulicDiameter

Hydraulic diameter from flow area and wetted perimeter.

HydraulicDiameter computes hydraulic diameter from cross-sectional flow area and wetted perimeter. The result is commonly used as the characteristic diameter for Reynolds number, Nusselt number, and duct-flow correlations.

Parameters

Name Type Description
namestr

Component name

networkNetwork

Network that owns this component

cross_sectional_areaState or float

Flow cross-sectional area

wetted_perimeterState or float

Wetted perimeter

Outputs

Name Type Description
hydraulic_diameterState, optional

Hydraulic diameter