Influence of blockage and shape of a bluff body on the performance of vortex flowmeter with wall pressure measurement

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 954-964

  Venugopal, A ^a   Agrawal, Amit ^a   Prabhu, S V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Blockage of the bluff body; Bluff body; Vortex flow meter; Wall pressure measurement

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; BLOCKAGE EFFECTS; BLUFF BODY; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; DISTURBED FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GATE VALVE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RNG MODEL; SAMPLING RATES; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; STATIC PRESSURE; VORTEX FLOW METER; VORTEX FLOWMETERS; VORTEX SHEDDING FREQUENCY; WALL PRESSURE; WALL PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; WORKING MEDIUM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE SENSORS; STROUHAL NUMBER; TURBULENCE MODELS; VORTEX SHEDDING; WALL FLOW;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 79953794112     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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