Numerical studies on fluid flow characteristics through different configurations of spiral casing

Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 297-311

  Rao Nakkina, Parameswara ^a   Arul Prakash, K ^a   Saravana Kumar, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Elliptical cross section; Finite element method; Spiral casing; Spiral velocity coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991329303     PISSN: 19942060     EISSN: 1997003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19942060.2016.1149103     Document Type: Article

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