A numerical procedure for predicting the performance of high pressure homogenizing valves

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-138

  Casoli, Paolo ^a   Vacca, Andrea ^a   Berta, Gian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluid dynamic; Homogenization; Modelling; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

BREAK-UP; CFD CODES; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPLEX EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUID MODELS; HIGH PRESSURE; HOMOGENIZATION; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SIMPLE MODEL; SIMULATION CODE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; SIMULATORS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 71849092519     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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