Flow around individual Taylor bubbles rising in stagnant polyacrylamide (PAA) solutions

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-31

  Sousa, R G ^a   Riethmuller, M L ^b   Pinto, A M F R ^a   Campos, J B L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Films; Multiphase flow; Non Newtonian fluids; Particle image velocimetry (PIV); Taylor bubble; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FILMS; FLOW PATTERNS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOELASTICITY; WAKES;

PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); POLYACRYLAMIDE (PAA) POLYMER; TAYLOR BUBBLE;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CORRELATION METHODS; FILMS; FLOW PATTERNS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOELASTICITY; WAKES;

EID: 33645087376     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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