Nonintrusive measurement of interfacial area and volumetric fraction in dispersed two-phase flows using a neural network to process acoustic signals-A numerical investigation

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-251

  Filletti, Érica R ^a   Seleghim Jr , Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Interfacial area; Multiphase flow; Neural network; Ultrasound; Volumetric fraction

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTERROGATION; ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC SENSORS; ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; GEOMETRICAL DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INTERFACIAL AREA; INTERFACIAL AREAS; NEURAL MODELS; NON-INTRUSIVE MEASUREMENTS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; TEST SETS; TIMES OF ARRIVALS; VOLUMETRIC FRACTIONS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TWO PHASE FLOW; ULTRASONICS; VOID FRACTION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 77953112374     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1147     Document Type: Article

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