The thickness of the falling film of liquid around a Taylor bubble

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 468, Issue 2140, 2012, Pages 1041-1064

  Llewellin, E W ^a   Del Bello, E ^b   Taddeucci, J ^b   Scarlato, P ^b   Lane, S J ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas slug; Long bubble; Pipe flow; Slug flow; Transitional flow; Turbulent falling film

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PIPE FLOW;

FALLING FILM; GAS SLUGS; LONG BUBBLE; SLUG FLOW; TRANSITIONAL FLOW;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84859568900     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2011.0476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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