Solitary waves on thin falling films in the very low forcing frequency limit

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3995-4003

  Mudunuri, Ramesh Raju ^a   Balakotaiah, Vemuri ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas liquid flows; Interfacial turbulence; Solitary waves; Thin films; Wavy films

Indexed keywords

GAS LIQUID FLOWS; INTERFACIAL TURBULENCE; SOLITARY WAVES; WAVY FILMS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THIN FILMS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

MECHANICAL WAVES;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL WAVES; THIN FILMS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33845575060     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11015     Document Type: Article

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