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Bend
Use the
Bend
node to introduce additional pressure losses due to irreversible turbulent friction in a point associated with a bend in the pipe system.
The
Bend
can only be applied to a point which is connected to exactly two edges.
Bend Specification
Select a
Bend
—
90 degrees standard elbow (K = 0.9)
(the default),
45 degrees standard elbow (K = 0.5)
, or
User-defined loss coefficient
. For
User-defined loss coefficient
enter a
Loss coefficient
K
f
(dimensionless).
Constraint Settings
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