Laminar elliptic flow in the entrance region of tubes

Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-239

  Dos Santos, Rogério G ^a   Figueiredo, José R ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE EM2C   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Developing flow; Laminar flow; Localized loss; Tube inlet

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

DEVELOPING FLOW; LOCALIZED LOSS; PRIMITIVE-VARIABLES SOLVER; TUBE INLET;

LAMINAR FLOW;

EID: 36248994832     PISSN: 16785878     EISSN: 18063691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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