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Some details of developing slugs in horizontal two‐phase flow
Author(s) -
Kordyban Eugene
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690310515
Subject(s) - instability , slug flow , mechanics , flow (mathematics) , crest , geology , slug , two phase flow , helmholtz free energy , physics , optics , thermodynamics , paleontology
A photographic study has been carried out to uncover the details of development of slugs in horizontal two‐phase flow. Based on the observations, it is proposed that the slugs originate as a consequence of local Kelvin‐Helmholtz instability at the wave crest, rather than the instability of the whole wave. The findings are in reasonable agreement with published results on the transition to slug flow.