Investigations on inward flow between two stationary parallel disks

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 395-401

  Singh, A ^a   Vyas, B D ^b   Powle, U S ^b  

^a Newgen Software Technologies Ltd   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Axisymmetric; Inward flow; Reverse transition; Stationary disks; Turbulence modelling

Indexed keywords

DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LAMINAR FLOW; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

INWARD FLOW; REVERSE TRANSITION FLOW;

TRANSITION FLOW;

ACCELERATION; DISC; FLOW ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032696928     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(98)10058-9     Document Type: Article

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