Bentley HAMMER CONNECT Edition Help

Minor Losses Dialog Box

The Minor Loss Collection dialog box contains buttons and a minor loss table. The dialog box contains the following controls:

New This button creates a new row in the table.
Delete This button deletes the currently highlighted row from the table. You can hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on items in the list to select multiple entries at once.
Report Opens a print preview window containing a report that details the input data for this dialog box.

The table contains the following columns:

Column Description
Quantity The number of minor losses of the same type to be added to the composite minor loss for the pipe.
Minor Loss Coefficient The type of minor loss element. Clicking the arrow button allows you to select from a list of previously defined minor loss coefficients. Clicking the Ellipses button next to this field displays the Minor Loss Coefficients manager where you can define new minor loss coefficients.
K Each The calculated headloss coefficient for a single minor loss element of the specified type.
K Total The total calculated headloss coefficient for all of the minor loss elements of the specified type.