Using CFD to improve performance and extend life of mechanical seals in slurry applications

International Conference on Fluid Sealing

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 447-467

  Azibert, H ^a   Clark, R ^a  

^a A W Chesterton Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SLURRIES; TURBULENCE;

GAS BUBBLES; MECHANICAL SEALS; SEAL LIFE; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

SEALS;

EID: 2642515576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. Morsi, S. A. and Alexander, A. J., 1972, "An Investigation of Particle Trajectories in Two-Phase Flow Systems," J. Fluid Mech., 55(2):193-208, September 26 1972.
2. Wu, S. and Clark, R., "Positioning of Hydrodynamic Lift Features on Noncontacting Mechanical Seal Rings," STLE Tribology Transactions, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp.498-506, July 2000.
3. Wu, S. and Clark, R., " Visualization of Fluid Flow in Mechanical Face Seals and Ancillary Devices," Symposium on Virtual Tribology, the Sixth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Dearborn, Michigan, August 1-3, 2001.