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Old 05-21-2012, 07:03 PM   #23 (permalink)
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...what aerohead was alluding to (from Wiki):

It is the ratio between the area of the jet at the vena contracta to the area of the orifice.

Cc = area at vena contracta/ area of orifice

The typical value may be taken as 0.64 for a sharp orifice (concentric with the flow channel). The smaller the value, the more effect the vena contracta has.
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