Mechanistic imonequilibrium modeling of critical flashing flow of subcooled liquids containing dissolved noncondensables

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 435-457

  Ghiaasiaan, S M ^a   Geng, H ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT TRANSFER; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CRITICAL FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 0031245691     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407789708913900     Document Type: Article

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