Characterization and prediction of two-phase flow regimes in miniature tubes

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-23

  Rahim, Emil ^a   Revellin, Remi ^b,c   Thome, John ^d   Bar Cohen, Avram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flow patterns; Miniature tubes

Indexed keywords

AIR; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FORECASTING;

ANNULAR FLOWS; FLOW REGIMES; HORIZONTAL TUBES; OBSERVED DATA; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TRANSITION CRITERION; TWO-PHASE FLOW REGIMES; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 78149407409     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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