Water • Hydraulics

Hydraulics & Pumping Calculators

Fluid mechanics, pipe flow friction losses, system head curves, and high-pressure pump power calculations.

Engineering Workflows

Hydraulics System Design

From flow requirement to sized line, checks, total dynamic head and pump power — one workflow.

  1. 1 System Design Run the full flow-to-pump-power workflow
  2. 2 Pipe Sizing Required diameter from flow and velocity
  3. 3 Pipe Flow Velocity and Hazen–Williams friction
  4. 4 Reynolds Number Flow regime check
  5. 5 Darcy–Weisbach Friction head loss (primary method)
  6. 6 Pump Head Total dynamic head
  7. 7 Pump Power Hydraulic, shaft and motor power
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Pump Power Calculator

Calculate hydraulic power, shaft power, and motor electrical power from head and flow rate.

HPump = ρ × g × Q × H / η
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Pipe Flow & Friction Loss Calculator

Determine pipe velocity, friction head loss, and pressure drop via Darcy-Weisbach or Hazen-Williams.

v = Q / A · hf = 10.67 × L × Q^1.852 / (C^1.852 × D^4.871)
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Open Channel Flow (Manning′) Calculator

Compute open-channel velocity and discharge with Manning’s equation for trapezoidal, rectangular, and circular channels.

v = (1/n) × R^(2/3) × S^(1/2) · Q = v × A
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Pipe Flow Velocity & Sizing Calculator

Size a pipe to carry a target flow within a recommended velocity range, or check velocity for a given diameter.

D = √(4Q / (π·v)) · v = Q / A
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Reynolds Number & Flow Regime Calculator

Calculate Reynolds number for pipe flow and classify the flow regime (laminar / transitional / turbulent).

Re = ρ·v·D / μ
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Pipe Pressure Drop (Darcy–Weisbach) Calculator

Compute pipe head loss and pressure drop with the Darcy–Weisbach equation, solving the Colebrook friction factor.

hf = f × (L/D) × (v²/2g) · f via Colebrook-White
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Pump Head / Total Dynamic Head Calculator

Compose total dynamic head from static lift, friction losses, minor losses, and residual pressure.

TDH = H_stat + h_friction + h_minor + h_residual
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Pressure & Head Unit Converter

Convert pressure and head units: bar, kPa, MPa, psi, m H₂O, ft H₂O, and atmospheres.

1 bar = 100 kPa = 14.5038 psi = 10.197 m H₂O