Reexamination of correlations for nucleate site distribution on boiling surface by fractal theory

Journal of Thermal Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 128-131

  Yang, Chunxin ^a  

^a University of Aeronautic and Astronautic   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution density; Fractal theory; Nucleate boiling; Nucleate site

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005261123     PISSN: 10032169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11630-997-0027-0     Document Type: Article

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