A numerical study of developing slurry flow in the entrance region of a horizontal pipe

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 965-974

  Lin, C X ^a   Ebadian, M A ^b  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b Florida International University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN ALGEBRA; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW SIMULATION; FRICTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICS; MIXTURES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PIPE FLOW; SLURRIES; SOLUTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; VOLUME FRACTION;

ALGEBRAIC SLIP MIXTURE MODEL (ASMM); APPLIED (CO); COMPUTATION DOMAINS; CONTROL VOLUMES; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DEVELOPING PROCESSES; ELSEVIER (CO); ENTRANCE REGION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE DIFFERENCE (FD); FLOW DIRECTIONS; FRICTION FACTORS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HORIZONTAL PIPES; IN ORDER; MEAN PRESSURES; MEAN SKIN FRICTION; MEAN VELOCITY PROFILES; NON-UNIFORM GRIDS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SIMULATION RESULTS; SLURRY FLOW; TURBULENT MODELS; WATER SLURRY;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 45449096337     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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