On the turbulent structure in the wake of Taylor bubbles rising in vertical pipes

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Shemer, L ^a   Gulitski, A ^a   Barnea, D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VELOCITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

GAS-LIQUID SLUG FLOW; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); TAYLOR BUBBLES; VELOCITY FIELD;

PIPE FLOW;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VELOCITY; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34047205488     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2711478     Document Type: Article

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