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The Effects of Fluid Viscosity on the Orifice Rotameter

Measurement Science Review
Volume 16 (2016): Issue 2 (April 2016)
By: Wei Jiang,  Tao Zhang,  Ying Xu,  Huaxiang Wang,  Xiaoli Guo,  Jing Lei and  Peiyong Sang  
Open Access
|May 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2016-0012 | Journal eISSN: 1335-8871
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Language: English
Page range: 87 - 95
Submitted on: Nov 11, 2015
Accepted on: Apr 5, 2016
Published on: May 6, 2016
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Measurement Science
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open
Keywords:
Rotameter,
viscosity,
experiment,
regional model,
flow measure
Related subjects:
Engineering,
Electrical engineering,
Control engineering, metrology and testing

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