A semi-analytical model to predict the capillary limit of heated inclined triangular capillary grooves

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 162-168

  Catton, Ivan ^a   Stroes, Gustave R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Heat pipes; Heat transfer; Thin films

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEATING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CAPILLARY GROOVES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CAPILLARY; EVAPORATION; GROOVE; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0036472344     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1404119     Document Type: Article

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