A nonintrusive flow measurement technique to validate the simulated laminar fluid flow in a packed container with vented walls

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 242-255

  Ferrua, M J ^a   Singh, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air; Computational fluid dynamics; Imaging; Laminar flow; Measurement; Modelling; Particle; Process; Ventilated container

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NONINTRUSIVE FLOW MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; VENTILATED CONTAINERS;

REFRIGERATED CONTAINERS;

EID: 39549100984     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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