Experimental and numerical study of three-dimensional flows in a mixed-flow pump stage

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 552-561

  Takemura, T ^a   Goto, A ^a  

^a EBARA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSERS; FLOW; IMPELLERS;

EID: 0030464285     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: 15288900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2836702     Document Type: Article

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