Observations of flow repeatability and secondary circulation in an oscillating grid-stirred tank

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3499-3502

  McKenna, Sean P ^a   McGillis, Wade R ^b,c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBULENCE; VELOCIMETERS;

GRID-STIRRED TANKS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CIRCULATING LIQUID; FLOW FIELD; SECONDARY FLOW; STIRRED TANK; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 4544250505     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1779671     Document Type: Article

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