Ultrasonic cross-correlation flow measurement: Theory, noise contamination mechanisms, and a noise mitigation technique

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Jenkins, D M ^a   Lysak, P D ^a   Capone, D E ^a   Brown, W L ^b   Askari, V ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c Adv Measurement and Analysis Grp   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR MECHANISMS; TURBULENT VELOCITY FIELD; WATER TUNNELS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ERROR ANALYSIS; NOISE ABATEMENT; ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33845783729     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE14-89537     Document Type: Conference Paper

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