Initiation of slug flow
Conference
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OSTI ID:175480
- Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)
The initiation of slug flow in a horizontal pipe can be predicted either by considering the stability of a slug or by considering the stability of a stratified flow. Measurements of the shedding rate of slugs are used to define necessary conditions for the existence of a slug. Recent results show that slugs develop from an unstable stratified flow through the evolution of small wavelength waves into large wavelength waves that have the possibility of growing to form a slug. The mechanism appears to be quite different for fluids with viscosities close to water than for fluids with large viscosities (20 centipoise).
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 175480
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9505200--; ON: DE96000983
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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