Numerical study of pressure losses in close-coupled fittings

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 539-552

  Sami, Sujan ^a   Cui, Jie ^a  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENT FLOW;

CLOSE COUPLED FITTINGS; PRESSURE LOSSES; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

PIPE FITTINGS;

EID: 7244257805     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2004.10391119     Document Type: Article

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