Modeling interfacial heat transfer from single or multiple deforming droplets

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-113

  Mehdi Nejad, Vala ^a   Mostaghimi, Javad ^a   Chandra, Sanjeev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Droplet deformation; Free surface flow; Interfacial heat transfer

Indexed keywords

DROPLET DEFORMATION; FREE SURFACE FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER RATES; INTERFACIAL HEAT TRANSFER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 12344284764     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618560410001729090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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