Starting from Bowen's empirical correlation for non-Newtonian turbulent flow through pipes, deductions are made about the form of the velocity profile, the effective viscosity, the Reynolds number for dynamic similarity and finally the associated form of the friction factor-Reynolds number correlation.
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