A study of flow characteristics in gas-liquid two-phase flow under microgravity (Effect of gravity and liquid surface tension on liquid-film structure)

Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B

Volumn 66, Issue 652, 2000, Pages 3085-3091

  Fujii, Terushige ^a   Asano, Hitoshi ^b   Ogura, Akio ^b   Yamaoka, Motohiro ^b   Yamada, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Annular flow; Gas liquid two phase flow; Liluid film thickness; Microgravity; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011199077     PISSN: 03875016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/kikaib.66.652_3085     Document Type: Article

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