Stability of multiple solutions in inclined gas/shear-thinning fluid stratified pipe flow

作者：Picchi Davide; Poesio Pietro^*

来源：International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2016, 84: 176-187.

DOI：10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2016.03.002

• Multiple solutions
• Stratified flow
• Structural stability
• Dissipation
• Shear-thinning fluid
• Counter-current flows

This work provides an investigation on multiple solutions in gas/shear-thinning fluid inclined stratified pipe flows. Multiple solution operative conditions are studied investigating the effect of the interfacial shear stress modeling and the rheology of the shear-thinning fluid. The modeling of the interfacial shear stress in counter-current has a strong influence of multiple solutions regions. The stability of multiple hold-up solutions is studied considering the structural stability, the interfacial stability, and the minimization of the dissipation approaches. The results of the three different approaches are commented both for concurrent and counter-current flows, giving the same conclusions only for upward inclined flows.

• 出版日期2016-9