A series pressure drop representation for flow through orifice tubes

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 0512041-0512047

  Jankowski, T A ^a   Schmierer, E N ^a   Prenger, F C ^a   Ashworth, S P ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING FLOW; DISCHARGE COEFFICIENTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; FLOW THROUGH; LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO; ON FLOW; ORIFICE FLOWS; REYNOLDS (CO); SIMPLE MODELING;

AERODYNAMICS; CORRELATION METHODS; DROP BREAKUP; DROPS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MIXED CONVECTION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ORIFICES; PRESSURE; PRESSURE DROP; RANGE FINDING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 46749085148     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2907408     Document Type: Article

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