Flow development downstream of a standard tube bundle and three different porous plate flow conditioners

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 61-76

  Morrison, G L ^a   Hall, K R ^a   Holste, J C ^a   Ihfe, L ^a   Gaharan, C ^a   Deotte Jr , R E ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

FLOW CONDITIONERS; FLOW DEVELOPMENT DOWNSTREAM; MEAN VELOCITY; STANDARD TUBE BUNDLE;

FLOWMETERS;

DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE METER; FLOW CONDITIONER; FLOW FIELD; TUBE ARRAY;

FLUID FLOW;

EID: 0345130122     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-5986(97)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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