Symbols

Some sections of this documentation contain equations implemented by pandapipes. The meaning of the symbols used in these equations is explained here.

Symbol	Meaning
\(\dot{m}\)	Mass flow
\(c_p\)	Heat capacity at constant pressure
\(T\)	Temperature
\(p\)	Pressure
\(\rho\)	Density
\(g\)	Gravitational constant
\(\Delta h\)	Height difference
\(\lambda\)	Darcy friction factor
\(l\)	Length
\(v\)	Flow velocity
\(d\)	Pipe diameter
\(\zeta\)	Pressure loss coefficient
\(K\)	Compressibility factor
\(Re\)	Reynolds number
\(k\)	Pipe roughness
\(Q\)	Heat flow
\(\alpha\)	Heat transfer coefficient