Phase inversion and associated phenomena

Multiphase Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-116

  Yeo, L Y ^a   Matar, O K ^a   Perez De Ortiz, E S ^a   Hewitt, G F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; DROP BREAKUP; FLOW PATTERNS; INVERSE KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY; WETTING;

AGITATED VESSEL SYSTEMS; PHASE HOLDUP; PHASE INVERSION; SECONDARY DISPERSIONS; WEBER NUMBER;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 0033708064     PISSN: 02761459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/multscientechn.v12.i1.20     Document Type: Article

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