A numerical study of taylor bubbles

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 242-252

  Lu, Xiaozhen ^a   Prosperetti, Andrea ^a  

^a Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXI-SYMMETRIC; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CUBIC SPLINES; FINITE VOLUMES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; STAGGERED GRIDS; TAYLOR BUBBLES; THEORETICAL RESULTS; TIME-DEPENDENT PROCESS; VERTICAL TUBES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 61649089535     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800201x     Document Type: Article

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