An artificial neural network for non-iterative calculation of the friction factor in pipeline flow

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-228

  Shayya, Walid H ^a   Sablani, Shyam S ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Closed pipe flow; Fluid mechanics; Hydraulics; Neural network modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032448045     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(98)00032-5     Document Type: Article

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