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Table 1 Coefficients of Equation 2

From: Experimental investigation of erosion-corrosion phenomena in a steel fitting due to plain and slurry seawater flow

Flow regime

a 1

a 2

Uncontaminated seawater (laminar)

0.550

−1.735

Uncontaminated seawater (turbulent)

0.420

−0.735

Contaminated seawater (laminar)

0.009 Cs2 − 0.137 Cs +0.586

−0.078 Cs2 + 1.190 Cs − 2.085

Contaminated seawater (turbulent)

−0.011 Cs2 + 0.114 Cs +0.759

0.123 Cs2 − 1.155 Cs − 2.779

  1. Cs is the sand concentration in grams per litre.