Interfacial shear stress as a criterion for flooding in counter current film flow along vertical surfaces

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2041-2051

  Guedes De Carvalho, J R F ^a   Talaia, M A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Film flow; Flooding; Wetted wall

Indexed keywords

PHASE INTERFACES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS;

COUNTER CURRENT FLOW;

WALL FLOW;

FILM; FLOODING; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0344972884     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00023-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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