Effect of reynolds number on performance of a small centrifugal pump

Proceedings of the ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference

Volumn 2 C, Issue , 2003, Pages 1893-1899

  Day, Steven W ^a   Lemire, Phillip P ^a   Flack, Ronald D ^a   McDaniel, James C ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINEMATICS; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSDUCERS; TURBOMACHINERY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

HEAD COEFFICIENT; HEAD-FLOW CURVES;

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS;

EID: 0346903350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/fedsm2003-45686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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