Flow Pattern Transition Maps for Microgravity Two-Phase Flows

AIChE Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1637-1640

  Jayawardena, Subash S ^a   Balakotaiah, Vemuri ^a   Witte, Larry C ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; FLOW PATTERNS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; PHASE INTERFACES; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW;

BUBBLE SLUG TRANSITIONS; SLUG ANNULAR TRANSITIONS; SURATMAN NUMBER;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW PATTERNS; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0031170993     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690430627     Document Type: Article

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