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Discovering the internal flow patterns is conducive to the study of heat and mass transfer laws, thereby playing a crucial role in optimizing flow processes and selecting equipment. However, the mechanism underlying the influence of annular turbulent flow on macro-pressure drop remains to be further investigated. This paper focuses on the roughness of both inner and outer pipes, as well as positive and negative eccentricities. Numerical simulation is employed to study the microscopic characteristics of the flow field, and the numerical model is validated through indoor experimental measurements of pressure drop laws. Further numerical simulations are conducted to explore the microscopic variations in the flow field, analyzed from the perspectives of wall shear force and turbulence characteristics. The results indicate that an increase in inner pipe roughness significantly enhances the wall shear force on both the inner and outer pipes, and vice versa. In the concentric case, wall shear force and turbulence characteristics exhibit central symmetry. Eccentricity leads to uneven distributions of velocity, turbulence intensity, and shear force, with such unevenness presenting axial symmetry under both positive and negative eccentricities. Additionally, eccentricity demonstrates turbulence drag reduction characteristics. This study enhances our understanding of the mechanism by which annular turbulent flow influences pressure drop. 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