PIPE ROUGHNESS VALUES Jacques Chaurette p. eng. www.lightmypump.

com February 2003

Pipe absolute roughness values (RMS)

Material Riveted steel1 Concrete1 Ductile iron2 Wood stave1 Galvanized iron1 Cast iron asphalt dipped1 Cast iron uncoated1 Carbon steel or wrought iron1 Stainless steel1 Fiberglass3 Drawn tubing glass, brass, plastic1 Copper2 Aluminium2 PVC2 Red brass2 Sources : Absolute roughness (in x 10-3) 36-360 12-120 102 3.6-7.2 6 4.8 10 1.8 1.8 0.2 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 Absolute roughness (micron or m x 10-6) 915-9150 305-3050 2591 91-183 152 122 254 45 45 5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

1. Cameron hydraulic data Book 2. Enginereed Softwares PIPE-FLO software www.engineeredsoftware.com 3. Fiberglass Pipe Handbook, SPI Composites Institute