Unsteady hydrodynamic forces due to rotor-stator interaction on a diffuser pump with identical number of vanes on the impeller and diffuser

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 743-751

  Zhang, M ^a   Tsukamoto, H ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); DIFFUSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ROTORS; STATORS;

DIFFUSER PUMPS; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS; VANE NUMBERS;

PUMPS;

EID: 24344509141     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1949640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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