Flooding in two-phase counter-current flows: Numerical investigation of the gas-liquid wavy interface using the Navier-Stokes equations

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 549-557

  Trifonov, Yu Ya ^a  

^a KUTATELADZE INSTITUTE OF THERMOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Counter current gas liquid flow; Flooding; Nonlinear waves; Viscous liquid film flow

Indexed keywords

COUNTER CURRENT; FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS; GAS FLOWS; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; GAS LIQUIDS; GAS PHASE EQUATIONS; LIQUID PHASE; LIQUID REYNOLDS NUMBERS; NONLINEAR WAVES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PHASE COUNTER; PROBLEM PARAMETERS; SMALL DISTURBANCES; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; VARIATION OF PARAMETERS; VERTICAL PLATE; VISCOUS LIQUIDS; WAVY FILMS; WAVY INTERFACE;

GASES; LIQUID FILMS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW; WAVES;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77955050650     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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