Effects of gravity and ambient pressure on liquid fuel droplet evaporation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 283-296

  Gogos, George ^a   Soh, Siang ^a   Pope, Daniel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP BREAKUP; EVAPORATION; LIQUID FUELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

DROPLETS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

DROPLET; EVAPORATION; FUEL; GRAVITY; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE;

EID: 0037210852     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(02)00269-7     Document Type: Article

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