Estimation of agitator flow shear rate

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2323-2332

  Wu, Jie ^a   Graham, Lachlan J ^a   Mehidi, Nabil Noui ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blade surface; Flow number; Impeller; Shear rate; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; MACHINE DESIGN; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AGITATOR; BLADE SURFACE; FLOW NUMBER; SHEAR RATE;

IMPELLERS;

AXIAL FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; IMPELLERS; MACHINE DESIGN; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33745744838     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10857     Document Type: Article

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