Investigation of laminar and turbulent flow through an orifice plate inserted in a pipe

Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 2 B, 2004, Pages 403-414

  Tunay, Tural ^a   Sahin, Besir ^a   Akilli, Huseyin ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CFD; Discharge coefficient; Laminar pipe flow; Orifice; Turbulent pipe flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; LAMINAR FLOW; ORIFICES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

DISCHARGE COEFFICIENT; LAMINAR PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; TURBULENT PIPE FLOW;

PIPE FLOW;

EID: 3543109120     PISSN: 03158977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/tcsme-2004-0029     Document Type: Article

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