Methodology for the residual axial thrust evaluation in multistage

Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-284

  Salvadori, Simone ^a   Marini, Alessandro ^a   Martelli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axial thrust; Cavity flows; Centrifugal pumps; CFD; Momentum balance; Multistage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862025802     PISSN: 19942060     EISSN: 1997003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19942060.2012.11015420     Document Type: Article

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