Numerical simulation of ultrasonic transit-time flowmeter performance in high temperature gas flows

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1354-1359

  Kupnik, Mario ^a   O'Leary, Paul ^a   Schröder, Andreas ^b   Rungger, Ivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT; ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATORS; EXHAUST GASES; FLOWMETERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; RAY TRACING; REFRACTION; TRANSCEIVERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ELECTROSTATIC TRANSDUCERS; FLUID TEMPRATURE; HIGH TEMPRATURE GAS FLOW; ULTRASONIC TRANSIT-TIME FLOWMETERS;

GAS METERS;

EID: 3142753056     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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