The influence of surface roughness on fluid flow through cracks

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1095-1102

  Chivers, T C ^a  

^a Damery Works   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flowrate calculations; Fluid friction; Laminar flow; Leak before break; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRACKS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LEAKAGE (FLUID);

FLUID FRICTION;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0036852671     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2002.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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