Development of an ultrasonic tomography system for application in pneumatic conveying

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 396-405

  Brown, G J ^a,b   Reilly, D ^b   Mills, D ^b  

^a NEL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY; PIPELINES; PNEUMATIC MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

BACKPROJECTION; DENSE PHASE FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FAN SHAPED BEAM ELECTROSTATIC TRANSDUCERS; GAS SOLID FLOW DISTRIBUTIONS; GRAPHICS ALGORITHMS; PNEUMATIC CONVEYING; ULTRASONIC TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION MODE MEASUREMENTS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO-PHASE FLOW(GAS/SOLID; ULTRASONIC;

EID: 0030088221     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/7/3/022     Document Type: Article

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