Comparison of the iterative approximations of the Colebrook-White equation

Hydrocarbon Processing

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Goudar, Chetan T ^a   Sonnad, J R ^b  

^a BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 50549085346     PISSN: 00188190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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