Probabilistic determination of two-phase flow regimes in horizontal tubes utilizing an automated image recognition technique

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 563-573

  Jassim, Emad W ^a   Newell, Ty A ^a   Chato, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; IMAGE RECOGNITION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE FLOW; PROBABILITY;

CLASSIFICATION ERROR; MASS FLUXES;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; IMAGE RECOGNITION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE FLOW; PROBABILITY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33947597147     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-007-0264-8     Document Type: Article

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