Free- and forced-convection film condensation from a horizontal elliptic tube with a vertical plate and horizontal tube as special cases

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 567-574

  Yang, Sheng An ^a   Hsu, Chao Ho ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elliptic tube; Film condensation; Mixed convection; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PIPE FLOW; POTENTIAL FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE TENSION;

ELLIPTIC TUBES; FILM CONDENSATION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONDENSATION; CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; PIPE;

EID: 0031430105     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(97)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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