“…All of them refer to the existence of two types of waves, the first one have small amplitudes compared with the liquid film thickness, move at low velocities, their lifetime is short, they usually do not occupy the whole tube circumference and do not appear to carry mass [Hewitt and Govan, 1990;Schubring, 2008;Alekseenko 2008Alekseenko & 2009. The second type of waves have a longer lifespan, their amplitudes are usually several times the liquid film thickness and carry mass along the tube [Hanratty and Hershman, 1961;Asali and Hanratty, 1993;Schubring, 2008;Alekseenko 2008Alekseenko & 2009. For vertical tubes, in the order of 6 cm or smaller, the liquid film is uniformly distributed around the tube circumference , and the disturbance waves appear circumferentially coherent [Hall-Taylor, 1963;Hewitt and Lovegrove, 1969;Asali and Hanratty, 1993] and symmetrical [Hewitt and Hall-Taylor, 1970;Ohba and Nagae, 1993].…”