Quantitative visualization of the flow in a centrifugal pump with diffuser vanes—I: On flow structures and turbulence

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-107

  Sinha, Manish ^a   Katz, Joseph ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

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EID: 13444259829     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.483231     Document Type: Article

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