An investigation of the breakup of an evaporating liquid film, falling down a vertical, uniformly heated wall

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-50

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

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; KINETIC ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THIN FILMS; WETTING;

EVAPORATING LIQUID FILMS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; LIQUID FILM; WALL;

EID: 0036473309     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1420712     Document Type: Article

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