Modelling of stratified gas-liquid two-phase flow in horizontal circular pipes

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 2752-2761

  de Sampaio, Paulo A B ^a   Faccini, José L H ^a,b   Su, Jian ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computational simulation; Finite element method; Gas liquid two phase flow; k model; Smooth stratified flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PIPE FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; SMOOTH STRATIFIED FLOW;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PIPE FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 41949090931     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.09.038     Document Type: Article

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