Pressure drop coefficient of laminar Newtonian flow in axisymmetric sudden expansions

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 518-529

  Oliveira, P J ^a   Pinho, F T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b Niversidade do Porto   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Laminar flow; Loss coefficient; Sudden expansion

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FRICTION; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY;

PRESSURE LOSS COEFFICIENT; SUDDEN EXPANSION; WALL FRICTION;

LAMINAR FLOW;

LAMINAR FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLUID; PIPE; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

LAMINAR FLOW; PIPES; PRESSURE DROP; SUDDEN EXPANSION;

EID: 0031254934     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(97)80010-0     Document Type: Article

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