Slugs, turbulence and the butterfly effect

14th International Conference on Multiphase Production Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 319-330

  Kadri, U ^a   Mudde, R F ^a   Oliemans, R V A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY EFFECTS; FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; GAS LIQUIDS; HORIZONTAL PIPE FLOW; HORIZONTAL PIPES; IN-PIPE; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; SLUG FLOW; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION; TURBULENT STRESS;

FORECASTING; PIPE FLOW; TURBULENCE;

PIPE;

EID: 70450175503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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