Measurement of falling film thickness around a horizontal tube using a laser measurement technique

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 28-34

  Gstoehl, D ^a   Roques, J F ^a   Crisinel, P ^a   Thome, John Richard ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HORIZONTAL TUBES; LAMINAR FILMS; LIQUID INTERFACES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 10444269363     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630490519899     Document Type: Article

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