flow characteristics

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flow
noun
uk
/fləʊ/us
/floʊ/
the movement of something in ...
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characteristic
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkær.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌker.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/
a typical or noticeable quality of someone ...
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This allows the orifice to be opened and closed in a more controlled manner with a closer to linearflowcharacteristic.
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These axial velocities provide a velocity profile at a particular cross-section of the pulmonary artery, thus describing blood flow characteristics across the vessel.
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The flow characteristics as well as the bursting behaviour were studied in detail.
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The flow characteristics of the cannula was determined based on the data obtained from seven patients.
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For evaluating turbulence and zonal flow characteristics, it is necessary to perform individual computations for any specific new stellarator design.
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I would have liked a short comparative overview of heat flow characteristics and of subsidence rates relative to strain rate and initial crustal/lithospheric thicknesses.
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In order to sort out the main flow characteristics we shall try to find an asymptotic solution of (3).
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The developmental potential of the human oocyte is related to the dissolved oxygen content of follicular fluid: association with vascular endothelial growth factor levels and perifollicular blood flow characteristics.
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Generally, because the magnitudes of the shear stresses are determined by the fluid velocity profiles, the different experimental configurations all involve simple geometries with well-defined flow characteristics.
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Oying to these changes in mean flow characteristics, it is expected that the corresponding wave spectrum would be much broader and with more supersonicphase velocity components.
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Meso-scale porous media, flat-plate reactor systems were used to study bioreactive flow characteristics in biofilm/porous media systems under both constant head and constant flow conditions.
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Computational fluid dynamics applies supercomputing power to analyze a variety of geometries and flow characteristics.
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This involves using a specialized instrument to determine the material's flow characteristics over a wide range of temperatures, flow rates, and deformations.
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Poor inlet and outlet designs can produce extremely poor flow characteristics for sedimentation.
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Time-space diagrams are useful tools for displaying and analyzing the traffic flow characteristics of a given roadway segment over time (e.g. analyzing traffic flow congestion).
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Bed forms are relatively dynamic sediment storage bodies with response times that are short relative to major changes in flow characteristics.
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Placing a gate or needle valve on the reactor's outlet side will improve flow characteristics compared to control from the inlet side.
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The parts design must also take into account the flow characteristics of the particular plastic chosen.
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