Velocity and attenuation of sound: Application to flow rate measurement in pneumatic conveying

Powder Handling and Processing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 329-336

  Tallon, S ^a   Davies, C E ^a  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ATTENUATION; CONVEYING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; PIPELINES; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS;

PRESSURE WAVES; ROOTES AIR BLOWER; SOLIDS CONCENTRATION;

PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS;

EID: 0030260266     PISSN: 09347348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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