Coupling between laminar film condensation and natural convection on opposite sides of a vertical plate

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 319-336

  Chen, Han Taw ^a   Chang, Shiuh Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coupling; Film condensation; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONDENSATION; FILMS; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TEMPERATURE; VAPORS;

LAMINAR CONDENSATION; NON SIMILARITY METHOD; ONE DIMENSIONAL;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONDENSATION; CONVECTION; FILMS; PLATES;

EID: 0031079581     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19970215)24:3<319::AID-FLD496>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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