Ultrasonic flowmeters: Half-century progress report, 1955-2005

Ultrasonics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Lynnworth, L C ^a   Liu, Yi ^b  

^a Lynnworth Technical Services   (United States)

^b GE Sensing   (China)

Author keywords

Flowmeters; Mass flowrate; Multiparameter; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CONFINED FLOW; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NATURAL GAS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PROCESS CONTROL; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; VORTEX SHEDDING;

CONTRAPROPAGATING TRANSMISSION; MASS FLOWRATE; MULTIPARAMETER; WETTED TRANSDUCERS;

ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW KINETICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RHEOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845719424     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2006.05.046     Document Type: Article

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