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Experimental study of two-phase flow in the short rectangular horizontal channel with height 440 μm has been performed. Characteristics of liquid motion inside the channel have been registered and measured by the Laser Induced Fluorescence technique. New information has allowed determining more precisely the characteristics of churn regime and boundaries between different regimes of two-phase flow. It was shown that formation of some two-phase flow regimes and transitions between them are determined by instability of the flow in the lateral parts of the channel.
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Chinnov, E.A., Guzanov, V.V., Cheverda, V. et al. Regimes of Two-Phase Flow in Short Rectangular Channel. Microgravity Sci. Technol. 21 (Suppl 1), 199–205 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-009-9152-6
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