Departure-site spacing for liquid droplets and jets falling between horizontal circular tubes

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 322-331

  Hu, X ^a   Jacobi, A M ^b  

^a AlliedSignal   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; JETS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FALLING-FILM HEAT EXCHANGERS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

DROPLET; JET; LIQUID; SHEET FLOW;

DROPLETS; FLUID FLOW; JETS; LIQUIDS;

EID: 0032049511     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1777(97)10031-0     Document Type: Article

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