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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering, 2(19), p. 253, 2021

DOI: 10.22190/fume210111044b

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Excel VBA-Based User Defined Functions for Highly Precise Colebrook’s Pipe Flow Friction Approximations: A Comparative Overview

Journal article published in 1970 by Dejan Brkić ORCID, Zoran Stajić
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Abstract

This review paper gives Excel functions for highly precise Colebrook’s pipe flow friction approximations developed by users. All shown codes are implemented as User Defined Functions – UDFs written in Visual Basic for Applications – VBA, a common programming language for MS Excel spreadsheet solver. Accuracy of the friction factor computed using nine to date the most accurate explicit approximations is compared with the sufficiently accurate solution obtained through an iterative scheme which gives satisfying results after sufficient number of iterations. The codes are given for the presented approximations, for the used iterative scheme and for the Colebrook equation expressed through the Lambert W-function (including its cognate Wright ω-function). The developed code for the principal branch of the Lambert W-function has additional and more general application for solving different problems from variety branches of engineering and physics. The approach from this review paper automates computational processes and speeds up manual tasks.