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Allowance for the thermal boundary layer and diffraction effects in determining the transit time of sound in ultrasonic flowmeters

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The transit time of sound in ultrasonic flowmeters is investigated with allowance for the thermal boundary layer and diffraction effects.

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  1. I. A. Kolmakov
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  2. N. N. Antonov
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  3. I. A. Logvinov
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 437–444, September, 1978.

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Kolmakov, I.A., Antonov, N.N. & Logvinov, I.A. Allowance for the thermal boundary layer and diffraction effects in determining the transit time of sound in ultrasonic flowmeters. Journal of Engineering Physics 35, 1045–1050 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00860354

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