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Calculation of pressure loss for a valve with different geometries at overall flow regime for incompressible and single-phase fluid flow in dependence of its opening.

Generally this function is numerically best used for the incompressible case, where the mass flow rate (m_flow) is known (as state variable) in the used model and the corresponding pressure loss (DP) has to be calculated. On the other hand the function dp_severalGeometryOverall_MFLOW is numerically best used for the compressible case if the pressure loss (dp) is known (out of pressures as state variable) and the mass flow rate (M_FLOW) has to be calculated. See more information.

DP = dp_severalGeometryOverall_DP(IN_con, IN_var, m_flow)

IN_con	Type: dp_severalGeometryOverall_IN_con Description: Input record for function dp_severalGeometryOverall_DP
IN_var	Type: dp_severalGeometryOverall_IN_var Description: Input record for function dp_severalGeometryOverall_DP
m_flow	Type: MassFlowRate (kg/s) Description: Mass flow rate

DP	Type: Pressure (Pa) Description: Pressure loss