Development and testing of a new mechanistic model for multiphase flow in pipes

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED

Volumn 236, Issue , 1996, Pages 153-159

  Petalas, Nicholas ^a   Aziz, Khalid ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLOW PATTERNS; GEOMETRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLUME FRACTION;

FLUID PROPERTIES; MECHANISTIC MODEL; PIPE GEOMETRY;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 0030351091     PISSN: 08888116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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