Prediction of centrifugal slurry pump head reduction: An artificial neural networks approach

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 199-202

  Engin, Tahsin ^a,b   Kurt, Akif ^a  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Nevada   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKPROPAGATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT LOSSES; NEURAL NETWORKS; SLURRIES;

SLURRY HANDLING;

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS;

EID: 0037233271     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1523062     Document Type: Article

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