Study of the Early Development Factors of Failure in Valves of Reciprocating Compressors by Experimental and Numerical Simulation

Subject Areas : advanced manufacturing technology

Mostafa Sayahbadkhor ¹ , Ali Mozafari ² , Alireza Naddaf Oskouei ³

1 - Department of Engineering, University of Eyvanekey, Iran
2 - Masters student at Malek Ashtar University
3 - Department of Engineering, Imam Hossein University, Iran

Received: 2018-10-31 Accepted : 2019-05-22 Published : 2019-09-01

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