Rotordynamic forces in cavitating inducers

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 768-774

  Bhattacharyya, A ^a,c   Acosta, A J ^b   Brennen, C E ^b   Caughey, T K ^b  

^a Able Corporation   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Concepts ETI Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

AXIAL FLOW INDUCERS; ROTORDYNAMIC FORCES;

AXIAL FLOW;

EID: 0031373664     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2819496     Document Type: Article

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