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The project properties form has an option for changing the temperature of the flow. How will changing the temperature affect a hydraulic profile?

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The project properties form has an option for changing the temperature of the flow. How will changing the temperature affect a hydraulic profile?

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This only affects the hydraulic analysis of pipes. Temperature can affect the viscosity of a liquid. Since the Reynolds number is dependent on viscosity, this in turn can affect the friction loss for a pipe if the Darcy-Weisbach method is being used. This is another reason the Darcy-Weisbach method is offered preferred in theory over the other methods for determining friction loss in a pipe. Note that if the flow temperature is changed in the middle of a profile, the temperature change will only take affect from that point on.