Anomalous bubble propagation in elastic tubes

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Heap, Alexandra ^a   Juel, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR;

BUBBLE PRESSURE; BUBBLE PROPAGATION; ELASTIC TUBES; FLUID-FILLED; FUNDAMENTAL MODELS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 51249123712     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2963495     Document Type: Article

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