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Kinetic energy flux of circular Poiseuille flow (Pkin​=512ρ2ν3ℓ3πΔp3a8​)

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For a parabolic profile u(s)=Umax​(1−s2/a2) in a pipe of radius a, the mean speed is Umax​/2 and Pkin​=21​ρ∫u3dA=πρa2Umax3​/8. With pressure drop Δp over length ℓ and kinematic viscosity ν, Umax​=Δpa2/(4ρνℓ), so Pkin​=πΔp3a8/(512ρ2ν3ℓ3). This is not the pressure-work dissipation ΔpQ.

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