Effect of drag-reducing polymers on pseudo-slugs - Interfacial drag and transition to slug flow

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1911-1927

  Soleimani, Arash ^a   Al Sarkhi, Abdel ^a   Hanratty, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DRAG; POLYMERS; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; WATER;

SLUG FLOW;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

DRAG REDUCING ADDITIVE; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; PIPE FLOW; POLYMER; SLUG FLOW;

EID: 0036930488     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9322(02)00110-6     Document Type: Article

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