Unsteady flow structure and global variables in a centrifugal pump

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 937-946

  González, José ^a   Santolaria, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VISCOUS FLOW;

DYNAMIC FIELDS; DYNAMIC FLOW STRUCTURES; IMPELLER VOLUTE INTERACTIONS; SLIDING MESH TECHNIQUES;

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS;

EID: 33750039200     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2234782     Document Type: Article

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