Minimum thickness of a flowing down liquid film on a vertical surface

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 2809-2825

  El Genk, Mohamed S ^a   Saber, Hamed H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary mixtures; Breakup; Contact angle; Minimum total energy criterion; Minimum wetting rate; Thin liquid film

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS; WETTING;

LIQUID FILMS;

MASS TRANSFER;

BINARY MIXTURE; FILM; FILM THICKNESS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION;

EID: 0035827270     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(00)00326-4     Document Type: Article

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