Hydrodynamic design system for pumps based on 3-D CAD, CFD, and inverse design method

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 329-335

  Goto, Akira ^a   Nohmi, Motohiko ^a   Sakurai, Takaki ^a   Sogawa, Yoshiyasu ^a  

^a EBARA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); FLOW VISUALIZATION; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPS; RELIABILITY; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AUTOMATIC GRID GENERATION; CHANNEL DESIGN SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC PUMPS; INVERSE DESIGN METHODS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 10844255704     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1471362     Document Type: Article

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