Flow and pressure drop fluctuations in a vertical tube subject to low frequency oscillations

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 178-187

  Pendyala, Rajashekhar ^a   Jayanti, Sreenivas ^a   Balakrishnan, A R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; FRICTION FACTOR; MECHANICAL SIMULATOR;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 37749007728     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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