Direct simulation of vapor bubble growth

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1655-1666

  Welch, Samuel W J ^a,b  

^a The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE INTERFACES; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

VAPOR BUBBLE GROWTH;

HEAT TRANSFER;

BOILING; BUBBLE GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0032103474     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(97)00285-8     Document Type: Article

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