A numerical confirmation of the dual body vortex flowmeter design

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1157-1174

  Jan, Yih Jena ^a   Sheu, Tony Wen Hann ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLOWMETERS; ITERATIVE METHODS; TENSORS;

BALANCE TENSOR DIFFUSIVITY (BTD); VORTEX FLOWMETER DESIGN;

VORTEX FLOW;

DESIGN; FLOWMETER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; VORTEX;

EID: 2442595735     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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