Effect of Reynolds number and surface roughness on the efficiency of centrifugal pumps

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 670-679

  Gulich J F ^a  

^a Winterthur and Ecole Polytechnique   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; EFFICIENCY; LAMINAR FLOW; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTORS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

CASING WALLS; HYDRAULIC EFFICIENCY; IMPELLER SIDE DISKS; ROUGHNESS EFFECTS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS;

EID: 0141482042     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1593711     Document Type: Article

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