Numerical modeling of slug flow initiation in a horizontal channels using a two-fluid model

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 145-155

  Ansari, M R ^a   Shokri, V ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic instability; Slug flow initiation; Two fluid model; Two phase stratified flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW PHYSICS; HELMHOLTZ; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL CHANNELS; HORIZONTAL DUCTS; HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES; ILL POSED; LONG WAVELENGTH; MESH SIZE; NUMERICAL DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL MODELING; SHOCK-CAPTURING METHOD; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SHORT WAVES; SLUG FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOWS; THREE ZONES; TWO FLUID MODEL; TWO-FLUID;

AERODYNAMICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW FIELDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHASE INTERFACES; PLASMA FLOW; STABILITY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 78751578981     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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