Numerical simulation of transit-time ultrasonic flowmeters: Uncertainties due to flow profile and fluid turbulence

Ultrasonics

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1009-1015

  Iooss, B ^a   Lhuillier, C ^a   Jeanneau, H ^b  

^a IRFM   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Random media; Ray tracing; Transit time; Turbulent flow; Ultrasonic flowmeter; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAY TRACING; TRANSDUCERS; TURBULENCE; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION;

FLUID TURBULENCE;

ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS;

EID: 0036839909     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(02)00387-6     Document Type: Article

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