Resonant geometries for circulation pattern macroinstabilities in a stirred tank

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2986-3005

  Roussinova, V T ^a   Kresta, S M ^a   Weetman, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Lightnin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; VELOCITY;

AXIAL VELOCITY; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; MACROINSTABILITIES; STIRRED TANKS;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CIRCULATION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; STIRRED TANK;

ARTICLE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IMPELLER; LASER FLOWMETER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STIRRED REACTOR; TANK; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 10844295812     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10275     Document Type: Article

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