Hydrodynamics of Intermediate-Scale Taylor Flow under Gravities of Space Colonies

This paper investigates the effect of gravitational strength on hydrodynamics of intermediate-scale Taylor bubble in vertical upward slug flow. Air and water were used as the working fluids and two different sets of superficial velocities (JL = 0.05, JG = 0.15 m/s; and JL = JG = 0.15 m/s) were carefully selected to create laminar slug (Taylor bubble) flows. In order to effectively study the gravitational influence with a reasonable computational...