A mechanistic model for multiphase flow in pipes

Annual Technical Meeting 1998, ATM 1998

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Petalas, N ^a   Aziz, K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FLOW CALCULATIONS; INTERFACIAL FRICTION; INTERMITTENT FLOWS; MECHANISTIC MODELING; MECHANISTIC MODELS; STRATIFIED FLOWS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 85086058216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/98-39     Document Type: Conference Paper

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