On the nature of ephemeral waves in vertical annular flow

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 325-333

  Wolf, A ^a   Jayanti, S ^b   Hewitt, G F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Annular flow; Gas liquid flow; Two phase flow; Waves

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR FLOW; FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

AIR; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LIQUID WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WATER;

DISTURBANCE WAVES; EPHEMERAL WAVES; GAS LIQUID FLOW; VERTICAL ANNULAR FLOW;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0030111574     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9322(95)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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