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The bifurcation of slugs to bubbles within two-phase flow patterns in a minichannel is analyzed. The two-phase flow (water-air) occurring in a circular horizontal minichannel with a diameter of 1 mm is examined. The sequences of light transmission time series recorded by laser-phototransistor sensor is analyzed using recurrence plots and recurrence quantification analysis. Recurrence parameters allow the two-phase flow patterns to be found. On changing the water flow rate we identified partitioning of slugs or aggregation of bubbles.
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Górski, G., Litak, G., Mosdorf, R. et al. Two phase flow bifurcation due to turbulence: transition from slugs to bubbles. Eur. Phys. J. B 88, 239 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2015-60245-8
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