Incipient flooding in inclined tubes of small diameter

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1395-1412

  Mouza, A A ^a   Paras, S V ^a   Karabelas, A J ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Counter current flow; Flooding; Inclination; Small diameter tube

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; LIQUIDS; PIPE FLOW;

POROUS TUBE SEGMENTS;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

COUNTERCURRENT FLOW; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; INCIPIENT MOTION; INCLINATION; KEROSENE; WATER;

EID: 0141614112     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9322(03)00124-1     Document Type: Article

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