Well it stands to reason the faster the fluid flows the more friction will be a factor. Fluid dynamics applies to compressed air too I believe. Been out of school too long to remember though.
Anything you can do to reduce friction is good. Thats why they tell you to go to 3/4" pipe for runs over 50 feet. Every joint you add to the mix is another friction point. So making use of gentle bends (pun intended), where you have to have a joint reduces the friction. Maybe I'm splitting hairs here
Since I've decided to remove my PVC and go back to black pipe, can you get any long radius joints (90's)in black? Heck out here in the bounies I can't even find black pipe. I guess its another trip to the city this weekend.
Wade
Ok I went and looked it up on Weiki..
Fluid dynamics is the sub-discipline of fluid mechanics dealing with fluids (liquids and gases) in motion. It has several subdisciplines itself, including aerodynamics (the study of gases in motion) and hydrodynamics (the study of liquids in motion).
So compressed air moving in a pipe follows the same laws of liquids moving in a pipe. And you can definitely get more flow (the magical CFM we all want) by reducing friction any way you can.
