Effect of bubble deformability in turbulent bubbly upflow in a vertical channel

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Lu, Jiacai ^a   Tryggvason, Gretar ^a  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; TWO PHASE FLOW; BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

BUOYANT BUBBLES; VERTICAL CHANNELS; VOID FRACTION DISTRIBUTION; BUBBLE DEFORMABILITY; TURBULENT UPFLOW;

VOID FRACTION; BUBBLE FORMATION;

BUBBLE FORMATION; BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; DEFORMATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

EID: 43149111061     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2911034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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