Vena contracta is the point in a fluid stream where the diameter of the stream is the least, and the fluid velocity is at its maximum, such as in the case of a stream issuing out of a nozzle (orifice).
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Vena contracta is the point in a fluid stream where the diameter of the stream is the least, and the fluid velocity is at its maximum, such as in the case of a stream issuing out of a nozzle. It is a place where the cross section area is minimal. Wikipedia
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Vena contracta diameter, usually easy to measure in clinical practice, is well correlated with the effective regurgitant orifice area and the regurgitant volume ...
Mar 2, 2016 · It is a smallest point from which fluid passes over where fluid has maximum velocity which result in lower pressure at that point.This change in ...
Avoiding jetting in mass flow controllers: the vena contracta
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High flow mass flow controllers always need downstream valves and high flow meters can't be plumbed with small process ports. The reason for this is jetting ...
any of the contracted parts of minimum cross section of a jet of fluid discharging from an orifice. especially : the one nearest the orifice ...
5 days ago · any of the locations in a jet of fluid emerging from an orifice where the cross section of the jet is at a minimum, especially the location ...
Feb 16, 2005 · The vena contracta (apparently first described by Torricelli in 1643)1 is the reduction in the area/diameter of a fluid jet after it emerges ...
Three-dimensional echocardiography allows for the direct measure of the regurgitant orifice area (ROA) by 3D-guided planimetry of the vena contracta area (VCA).
Jan 15, 2024 · The Vena Contracta is the narrowest portion of the MR jet and in the presence of a circular-shaped MR orifice, the cross-sectional area directly ...
In fluid mechanics: Bernoulli's law …cross section known as the vena contracta. They do so because the streamlines are converging on the hole inside the ...