ANN based data integration for multi-path ultrasonic flowmeter

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 362-370

  Zhao, Huichao ^a   Peng, Lihui ^a   Takahashi, Tsuyoshi ^b   Hayashi, Takuya ^b   Shimizu, Kazuyoshi ^b   Yamamoto, Toshihiro ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shiba Toho Bldg   (Japan)

Author keywords

ANN; CFD; Flow profile; Multipath ultrasonic flowmeter

Indexed keywords

DATA INTEGRATION; FLOW VELOCITY; NEURAL NETWORKS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STATISTICAL TESTS; ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS;

ANN; CFD SIMULATIONS; FLOW CONDITIONERS; FLOW PROFILE; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; INTEGRATION METHOD; MEAN FLOW VELOCITIES; MULTIPATH;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84896917141     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2282466     Document Type: Article

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