この式はw:en:Steffensen's methodを用いて開発されている[3]。コールブルックの式に対し誤差0.0023%の精度があることが知られている。データ精度の確認は、10個の相対粗度(0.00004から0.05)及び7個のレイノルズ数(2500 to 108)の計70点を用いて行われている。
^Goudar, C.T., Sonnad, J.R. (August 2008). "Comparison of the iterative approximations of the Colebrook–White equation". Hydrocarbon ProcessingFluid Flow and Rotating Equipment Special Report(August 2008): 79–83.
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Brkić, Dejan (2011). “An Explicit Approximation of Colebrook’s equation for fluid flow friction factor”. Petroleum Science and Technology29 (15): 1596–1602. doi:10.1080/10916461003620453.
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