Persistence of frequency in gas-liquid flows across a change in pipe diameter or orientation

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 67, Issue S, 2014, Pages 22-31

  Azzopardi, Barry J ^a   Ijioma, Amadi ^a,b   Yang, Shounan ^a   Abdulkareem, Lokman A ^a,c   Azzi, Abdelwahid ^a,d   Abdulkadir, Mukhtar ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAKHO   (Iraq)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bends; ECT; Frequency; Gas liquid; Inclined; Sudden contraction; Venturi; Vertical; Void fraction

Indexed keywords

BENDS; ECT; FREQUENCY; INCLINED; SUDDEN CONTRACTION; VENTURI; VERTICAL;

VOID FRACTION;

EID: 84909982011     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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