Minimum thickness of a liquid film flowing down a vertical tube

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 253-260

  Hughes, D T ^a   Bott, T R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FILMS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LIQUID FILMS; RIVULET FLOW;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FALLING FILM; LIQUID FILM; PIPE;

EID: 0031963413     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(97)00151-8     Document Type: Article

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