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On the transition between slug flow and two-layer flow of a gas-liquid mixture in a horizontal tube

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The conditions necessary for the existence of slug flow are considered and the boundary of the region of its existence is constructed. Comparison with the author's own data and published experimental data reveals agreement of the results.

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    É. É. Markovich

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 170–174, January–February, 1983.

I thank the participants of the seminar of G. I. Petrov and R. I. Nigmatulin for helpful discussions.

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Markovich, É.É. On the transition between slug flow and two-layer flow of a gas-liquid mixture in a horizontal tube. Fluid Dyn 18, 143–147 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01090524

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