Artificial neural network model for prediction of friction factor in pipe flow

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 662-670

  Fadare, D A ^a   Ofidhe, U I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Friction factor; Modelling; Pipe flow; Pressure head

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049083805     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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