Experimental and numerical development of a two-phase venturi flow meter

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 457-467

  Rosa, Eugênio S ^a   Morales, Rigoberto E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Academic Department of Mechanics   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GLYCEROL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUBBLY FLOW; GAS CONSTANT; STATIC PRESSURE; VENTURI FLOW METERS;

FLOWMETERS;

EID: 11144311821     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1758267     Document Type: Article

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