Five severe slugging patterns
Systematically investigates severe slugging characteristics in a catenary flexible riser, identifying five flow patterns and their transition behaviors.
Zhu, Hongjun · Hu, Jie · Gao, Yue · Wei, Li · Jianan, Li · Bing, Xu
Physics of Fluids 2023
Five severe slugging patterns identified: SSI-1, SSI-2, SSII, SSIII, SST
Difference between SSI-2 and SSI-1 lies in the occurrence of a fast blockage stage before slug formation
Flow regime map in vsl-vsg diagram with variation of upstream inclination angle