Flow analysis in a pump diffuser-part 1: LDA and PTV measurements of the unsteady flow

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 968-977

  Eisele, K ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   Casey, M V ^a   Gulich J ^a   Schachenmann, A ^a  

^a Sulzer Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS; CHANNEL FLOW; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETERS (LDA); LASER PARTICLE TRACKING VELOCIMETRY (LPTV); PUMP IMPELLERS;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 0031381405     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2819525     Document Type: Article

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