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Friction Loss

Head energy dissipated as a fluid moves through a pipe due to wall friction (major loss) and fittings/valves (minor loss). Computed via Hazen-Williams, Darcy-Weisbach, or Manning's depending on the flow regime + fluid + standard practice.

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