Index

A

Accelerating systems

horizontal, 86–87

vertical, 81, 86

Accuracy, 34–36

Adiabatic flow, 244, 254

choked flow, 246

in constant area duct, 537–543

expansion factor, 247–248

frictionless, 248–250

Aerocyclones, 369

pressure drops, 371–372, 375

separation efficiency, 372–375

velocity distribution, 370–371

Air flow

other pipe, 515

through Schedule 40 steel pipe, 512–514

Analogies, 7, 388

Angular momentum, 119–120, 217, 219

Anisotropic stress, 79–80

Annular flow, 183

API gravity, 66

Apparent viscosity, 51, 56, 60

Archimedes number, 339, 408, 414–415

B

Barnea–Mizrahi

correlation, 416

equation, 413, 415

Batch flux curve, see Thickening

Batch settling test, 418

Bathwater rule, 25

Bernoulli equation, 109, 111–113, 116–117, 407

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