Investigation of Rotor-Stator Interaction and Flow Unsteadiness in a Low Specific Speed Centrifugal Pump

ZHANG, Ning ;YANG, Minguan ;GAO, Bo ;LI, Zhong ;NI, Dan .
Investigation of Rotor-Stator Interaction and Flow Unsteadiness in a Low Specific Speed Centrifugal Pump. 
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, [S.l.], v. 62, n.1, p. 21-31, june 2018. 
ISSN 0039-2480.
Available at: <https://www.sv-jme.eu/article/investigation-of-rotor-stator-interaction-and-flow-unsteadiness-in-a-low-specific-speed-centrifugal-pump/>. Date accessed: 20 dec. 2024. 
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2015.2859.

Zhang, N., Yang, M., Gao, B., Li, Z., & Ni, D.
(2016).
Investigation of Rotor-Stator Interaction and Flow Unsteadiness in a Low Specific Speed Centrifugal Pump.
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 62(1), 21-31.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2015.2859

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Zhang, N.,Yang, M.,Gao, B.,Li, Z.,Ni, D.
2016 June 62. Investigation of Rotor-Stator Interaction and Flow Unsteadiness in a Low Specific Speed Centrifugal Pump. Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering. [Online] 62:1

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Zhang, Ning, Minguan  Yang, Bo  Gao, Zhong  Li, & Dan  Ni.
"Investigation of Rotor-Stator Interaction and Flow Unsteadiness in a Low Specific Speed Centrifugal Pump." Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], 62.1 (2016): 21-31. Web.  20 Dec. 2024

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Zhang, Ning, Yang, Minguan, Gao, Bo, Li, Zhong, AND Ni, Dan.
"Investigation of Rotor-Stator Interaction and Flow Unsteadiness in a Low Specific Speed Centrifugal Pump" Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], Volume 62 Number 1 (27 June 2018)