Stability of stratified gas-liquid flows

Abstract We have computed stability limits for Kelvin–Helmholtz instability of superposed gas–liquid flow, comparing theories of others. The theories are compared with literature data on air–water flow and with new data from a 0.0508 m i.d. flow loop at PDSVA-Intevep, using a 0.480 Pa s oil and air.

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