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Impulse turbine injector design improvement using Computational Fluid Dynamics

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Impulse turbine injector design improvement using Computational Fluid Dynamics. / Benzon, David; Zidonis, Audrius; Panagiotopoulos, Alexandros et al.
In: Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 137, No. 4, 041106, 01.04.2015.

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Benzon, D, Zidonis, A, Panagiotopoulos, A, Aggidis, G, Anagnostopoulos, J & Papantonis, D 2015, 'Impulse turbine injector design improvement using Computational Fluid Dynamics', Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol. 137, no. 4, 041106. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4029310

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Benzon, D., Zidonis, A., Panagiotopoulos, A., Aggidis, G., Anagnostopoulos, J., & Papantonis, D. (2015). Impulse turbine injector design improvement using Computational Fluid Dynamics. Journal of Fluids Engineering, 137(4), Article 041106. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4029310

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Benzon D, Zidonis A, Panagiotopoulos A, Aggidis G, Anagnostopoulos J, Papantonis D. Impulse turbine injector design improvement using Computational Fluid Dynamics. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 2015 Apr 1;137(4):041106. Epub 2015 Jan 20. doi: 10.1115/1.4029310

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Benzon, David ; Zidonis, Audrius ; Panagiotopoulos, Alexandros et al. / Impulse turbine injector design improvement using Computational Fluid Dynamics. In: Journal of Fluids Engineering. 2015 ; Vol. 137, No. 4.

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