Thermal stresses in boiler tubes arising from high-speed cleaning jets

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 995-1009

  Rahimi, Mostafa ^a   Owen, Ieuan ^a   Mistry, Jayantilal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boiler tubes; Heat exchangers fouling; High speed jets; Jet impingement; Thermal stresses

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; ELASTIC MODULI; FOULING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; JETS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THERMAL STRESS;

BOILER TUBES;

BOILERS;

EID: 0242405928     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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