The influences of wave height on the interfacial friction in annular gas-liquid flow under normal and microgravity conditions

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1193-1211

  Wang, Zhaolin ^a   Gabriel, Kamiel S ^a,b   Manz, Devon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annular flow; Interfacial roughness; Interfacial shear stress; Microgravity flow; Wave height

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; GRAVITATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS;

FILM THICKNESS; INTERFACIAL ROUGHNESS; MASS FLOW; MICROGRAVITY;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

FILM THICKNESS; FRICTION; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MICROGRAVITY; SHEAR STRESS; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 4544338790     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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