Computations of Explosive Boiling in Microgravity

Journal of Scientific Computing

Volumn 19, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 163-182

  Esmaeeli, Asghar ^a   Tryggvason, Grétar ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Front tracking; Liquid vapor phase change; Microgravity; Unstable boiling

Indexed keywords

FRONT TRACKING; MICROGRAVITY;

BOILING LIQUIDS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; VAPORS; VISCOSITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037732253     PISSN: 08857474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025347823928     Document Type: Article

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