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Distribution of the Transit Flow in the Rotor of a Gas Centrifuge

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The present work is devoted to computation of the distribution of the transit flow in the rotor of a separation gas centrifuge. The existing transit-flow models have been considered, the equation to find the transit flow has been obtained, and the basic properties of the transit flow have been analyzed. The general equation for the transit-flow distribution has been obtained, and the transit-flow distribution for a simplified scheme of feed supply, extraction, and waste has been calculated.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 89, No. 5, pp. 1083–1091, September–October, 2016.

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Aleksandrov, O.E. Distribution of the Transit Flow in the Rotor of a Gas Centrifuge. J Eng Phys Thermophy 89, 1079–1086 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-016-1470-0

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