Flow analysis in a pump diffuser-part 2: Validation and limitations of CFD for diffuser flows

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 978-984

  Muggli, F A ^a   Eisele, K ^a   Casey, M V ^a   Gulich J ^b   Schachenmann, A ^b  

^a Sulzer Innotec   (Switzerland)

^b Sulzer Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY (LDA); PUMP DIFFUSERS; VANED DIFFUSERS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0031384710     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2819526     Document Type: Article

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