Nonlinear Analysis of Gas-Water/Oil-Water Two-Phase Flow in Complex Networks

• Main Authors: Gao, Zhong-Ke (Author), Jin, Ning-De (Author), Wang, Wen-Xu (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Chemical engineering.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Phase transitions (Statistical physics).; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Fluid mechanics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.

Understanding the dynamics of multi-phase flows has been a challenge in the fields of nonlinear dynamics and fluid mechanics. This chapter reviews our work on two-phase flow dynamics in combination with complex network theory. We systematically carried out gas-water/oil-water two-phase flow experime...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Definition of flow patterns
• The experimental flow loop facility and data acquisition
• Community detection in flow pattern complex network
• Nonlinear dynamics in fluid dynamic complex network
• Gas-water fluid structure complex network
• Oil-water fluid structure complex network
• Directed weighted complex network for characterizing gas-liquid slug flow
• Markov transition probability-based network for characterizing horizontal gas-liquid two-phase flow
• Recurrence network for characterizing bubbly oil-in-water flows
• Conclusions. .