Air transport in chute flows

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 31, Issue 10-11, 2005, Pages 1181-1197

  Kramer, Kristian ^a   Hager, Willi H ^b  

^a Lahmeyer International GmbH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air bubble rise velocity; Cavitation protection; Chute flow; Fiber optical instrumentation; High speed flow; Turbulence; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; HYDRAULICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; SURFACE TENSION; TURBULENCE; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

AIR BUBBLE RISE VELOCITY; CAVITATION PROTECTION; CHUTE FLOW; FIBER-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; HIGH-SPEED FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BUBBLE COLLAPSE; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; BUBBLE VELOCITY; TURBULENCE; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 27544473721     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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