Identification of fluid flow regimes in narrow cracks

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 214, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1099-1106

  Bagshaw, N M ^a   Beck, S B M ^a   Yates, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow regimes; Fluid leakage; Leak before break; Narrow cracks; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE VESSELS; SEEPAGE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; WALL FLOW;

LEAK BEFORE BREAK;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRACK; LEAK DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0033781957     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954406001523542     Document Type: Article

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