Modified general equation for the design of capillary tubes

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 914-919

  Zhang, C L ^a   Ding, G L ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0142148431     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1411970     Document Type: Article

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