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A three-path ultrasonic flowmeter for small-diameter pipelines

Jackson et al., 1989

Document ID
2779314832502654897
Author
Jackson G
Gibson J
Holmes R
Publication year
Publication venue
Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments

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An ultrasonic flowmeter has been developed which incorporates a single transmitting transducer and lens system producing a diverging ultrasound beam detected by three widely spaced receiving transducers. This enables measurements to be made with three …
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