Accuracy of measurements of curvature and apparent contact angle in a constrained vapor bubble heat exchanger

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2021-2030

  Zheng, Ling ^a   Wang, Ying Xin ^a   Plawsky, Joel L ^a   Wayner, Peter C ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Contact angle; Evaporation; Interferometry; Meniscus

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; CURVE FITTING; ERROR DETECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESSES;

CONSTRAINT VAPOR BUBBLE (CVB);

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

CURVATURE; HEAT EXCHANGER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRESSURE FIELD;

EID: 0036571039     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(01)00306-4     Document Type: Article

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