Cavitation erosion damage of scroll steel plates by high-speed gas working fluid

International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 168-183

  Tzanakis, I ^a,c   Georgoulas, A ^b,d   Hadfield, M ^c   Kotsovinos, N ^d  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

CFD; Erosion; Multiphase flow; Refrigerant; Steel; Ultrasonic cavitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016678376     PISSN: 20460546     EISSN: 20460554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/CMEM-V2-N2-168-183     Document Type: Article

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