Modeling cavitating Venturi flows

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1227-1234

  Xu, Changhai ^a   Heister, Stephen D ^a   Field, Robert ^b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORIFICES; OSCILLATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

CAVITATING VENTURI FLOWS; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; RAYLEIGH-PLESSET EQUATION;

FLOW CONTROL;

EID: 0036867584     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6057     Document Type: Article

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