Simulating Cavitation and Hydraulic Flip Inside Hydroentangling Nozzles

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 359-364

  Vahedi Tafreshi, H ^a   Pourdeyhimi, B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CAVITATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULICS; JETS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VISUALIZATION;

HYDROENTANGLING; NOZZLE CAVITATION;

NOZZLES;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULICS; HYDROENTANGLING; NONWOVEN FABRIC MACHINE; NOZZLE; WATER JET;

EID: 0345722190     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750407400413     Document Type: Article

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