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Comparison of disturbance wave parameters with flow orientation in vertical annular gas-liquid flows in a small pipe. / Vasques, Joao; Cherdantsev, Andrey; Cherdantsev, Mikhail et al.

In: Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 97, 01.10.2018, p. 484-501.

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Vasques, J, Cherdantsev, A, Cherdantsev, M, Isaenkov, S & Hann, D 2018, 'Comparison of disturbance wave parameters with flow orientation in vertical annular gas-liquid flows in a small pipe', Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 97, pp. 484-501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2018.03.020

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Vasques, J., Cherdantsev, A., Cherdantsev, M., Isaenkov, S., & Hann, D. (2018). Comparison of disturbance wave parameters with flow orientation in vertical annular gas-liquid flows in a small pipe. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 97, 484-501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2018.03.020

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Vasques J, Cherdantsev A, Cherdantsev M, Isaenkov S, Hann D. Comparison of disturbance wave parameters with flow orientation in vertical annular gas-liquid flows in a small pipe. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 2018 Oct 1;97:484-501. doi: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2018.03.020

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Vasques, Joao ; Cherdantsev, Andrey ; Cherdantsev, Mikhail et al. / Comparison of disturbance wave parameters with flow orientation in vertical annular gas-liquid flows in a small pipe. In: Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 2018 ; Vol. 97. pp. 484-501.

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