Edge effects on the flow characteristics in a 90 deg tee junction

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1204-1217

  Costa, N P ^a   Maia, R ^a   Proenca M F ^a   Pinho, F T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY CONTROL;

FLOW IRREVERSIBILITIES; FLOWRATE RATIO; TURBULENCE DIFFUSED MOMENTUM;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 33751407042     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2354524     Document Type: Article

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