Influence of nonlinear flow resistance relations on the power and efficiency from fluid flow

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1346-1349

  Chen, Lingen ^a   Bi, Yuehong ^b   Wu, Chih ^c  

^a Naval Academy of Engineering   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENDOREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMIC THEORY; NONLINEAR FLOW RESISTANCE RELATIONS;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0032680123     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/32/12/310     Document Type: Article

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