Transient displacement of Newtonian liquids by gas in periodically constricted tubes

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2707-2726

  Dimakopoulos, Yannis ^a   Tsamopoulos, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Elliptic mesh generation; Flow in undulated tubes; Gas assisted injection molding; Liquid displacement by gas; Moving boundary problems; Oil recovery

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

ELLIPTIC MESH GENERATION; FLOW IN UNDULATED TUBES; GAS-ASSISTED INJECTION MOLDING; LIQUID DISPLACEMENT BY GAS; MOVING BOUNDARY PROBLEMS; OIL RECOVERY;

PIPE FLOW;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33746885171     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10889     Document Type: Article

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