Investigation of swirling flow structure in hydrocyclones

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 862-873

  Nowakowski, A F ^a   Dyakowski, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Hydrocyclone; Numerical simulation; Swirling flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STORMS;

HYDROCYCLONES;

SWIRLING FLOW;

HYDROCYCLONE; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SWIRLING FLOW;

EID: 0242487956     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387603322482103     Document Type: Article

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