Numerical and experimental examination of swirl flow in a cylindrical container with rotating lids

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-367

  Doby, Michael J ^a   Nowakowski, Andrzej F ^b   Nowak, Edward ^c   Dyakowski, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Hydrocyclones; Laser doppler anemometry

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; ANGULAR VELOCITY; CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

HYDROCYCLONES; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; ROTATING LIDS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 33947114915     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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