The onset of flow instability for downward flow in vertical channels

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 709-714

  Stelling, R ^a   McAssey, E V ^a   Dougherty, T ^b   Yang, B W ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling; Flow instability; Multiphase flows

Indexed keywords

CHANNELS; INSTABILITY; MODELS;

EID: 0030480934     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2822690     Document Type: Article

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