In search of two-phase flow

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 518-527

  Hewitt, G F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow instability; Multiphase flows; Thin Film Flow

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; TWO-PHASE FLOW; WAVES;

EID: 0030453238     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2822662     Document Type: Article

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