Three-dimensional analysis of partially open butterfly valve flows

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 562-568

  Huang, Chendong ^a,b   Kim, Rhyn H ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^b AMPS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; VALVES (MECHANICAL); VELOCITY;

BUTTERFLY VALUE; PARTIALLY OPEN BUTTERFLY VALVE FLOWS;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

EID: 0030247235     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2817795     Document Type: Article

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