Extensional bundle waveguide techniques for measuring flow of hot fluids

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 538-543

  Lynnworth, Lawrence C ^a,b,c   Liu, Yi ^a,b   Umina, John A ^a,d  

^a GE Panametrics   (China)

^b GE Infrastructure Sensing   (China)

^c Lynnworth Technical Services   (United States)

^d GE Infrastructure Sensing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM DRIFT; HOT FLUIDS; INVISCID FLUIDS; SOLID WAVEGUIDES;

CORROSION RESISTANCE; CRYOGENICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TWO PHASE FLOW; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 19344366792     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1428034     Document Type: Article

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