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Collective effects in a dense system of large bubbles

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The rising velocity and interphase transport of a dense bubble swarm in a homogeneous liquid are investigated, along with the motion and external mass transfer in an inhomogeneous porous medium.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 1057–1066, December, 1981.

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Buevich, Y.A. Collective effects in a dense system of large bubbles. Journal of Engineering Physics 41, 1339–1346 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00825169

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