CFD analysis of a laminar flow through KMX static mixers

NLGI Spokesman

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-18

  Heniche, Mourad ^a   Reeder, Mark F ^a   Tanguy, Philippe A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite element simulation; Laminar flow; Mixing; Static mixer; Three dimensional modeling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; VISCOSITY;

PRESSURE EQUATIONS;

LAMINAR FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXER; MIXING; NEWTONIAN FLUID; STEADY FLOW;

EID: 0037968687     PISSN: 00276782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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