A study of abrasive waterjet characteristics by CFD simulation

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 153-154, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 488-493

  Liu, H ^a   Wang, J ^a   Kelson, N ^a   Brown, R J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abrasive waterjet; CFD; Jet characteristics; Multiphase axisymmetric flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; MARBLE; NOZZLES; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY;

ABRASIVE WATERJET; JET CHARACTERISTICS; MULTIPHASE AXISYMMETRIC FLOW; THREE-PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 9644269003     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2004.04.037     Document Type: Article

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