Linear stability study of waviness effect on film condensation with nonuniform surface tension

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2477-2482

  Chou, Gung Huei ^a,b   Chen, Jyh Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FILMS; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE;

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; WAVINESS EFFECT;

CONDENSATION;

EID: 0031176843     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00313-4     Document Type: Article

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