Calculation of pressure loss in curved bends at overall flow regime for incompressible and single-phase fluid flow through circular cross sectional area considering surface roughness.
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_curvedOverall_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.
function dp_curvedOverall_DP extends Modelica.Icons.Function; import FD = Modelica.Fluid.Dissipation.PressureLoss.Bend; import SMOOTH = Modelica.Fluid.Dissipation.Utilities.Functions.General.Stepsmoother; input Modelica.Fluid.Dissipation.PressureLoss.Bend.dp_curvedOverall_IN_con IN_con "Input record for function dp_curvedOverall_DP" annotation( Dialog(group = "Constant inputs")); input Modelica.Fluid.Dissipation.PressureLoss.Bend.dp_curvedOverall_IN_var IN_var "Input record for function dp_curvedOverall_DP" annotation( Dialog(group = "Variable inputs")); input SI.MassFlowRate m_flow "Mass flow rate" annotation( Dialog(group = "Input")); output SI.Pressure DP "Output for function dp_curvedOverall_DP"; end dp_curvedOverall_DP;