Abstract
Experiments were carried out to study the behavior of gas-liquid interface in a horizontal closed glass pipe which was installed in a free fall capsule in a drop shaft facility. Just after the pipe was put under the micro gravity, the liquid layer broke into a number of groups and formed liquid plugs with a nearly equal spacing. The average pitch of these liquid plugs varied with the liquid volume fraction and the pipe diameter. The measured value agreed well with the wavelength of fastest-growing disturbance on an annular liquid film obtained from the linear stability analysis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 175-180 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD |
| Volume | 324 |
| Publication status | Published - 1996 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Mechanical Engineering
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes