Towards the design of an optimal mixer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 651, Issue , 2010, Pages 27-53

  Gubanov, Oleg ^a   Cortelezzi, Luca ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MIXING; TRANSPIRATION; VELOCITY;

CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MIXING PERFORMANCE; OPERATING CONDITION; PERIODIC PROTOCOLS; STIRRING VELOCITY; SWITCHING PROTOCOLS;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

DESIGN; FLUID FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; GEOMETRY; MIXING; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77952428312     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009993806     Document Type: Article

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