Deformation of freezing water droplets on a cold copper surface

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 590-600

  Wang, Jieteng ^a   Liu, Zhongliang ^a   Gou, Yujun ^a   Zhang, Xinhua ^a   Cheng, Shuiyuan ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Droplet; Freezing; Frost; Protrusion formation; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

DROPLET; FROST; PROTRUSION FORMATION;

COPPER; DEFORMATION; FREEZING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 33749589756     PISSN: 10069321     EISSN: 1862281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-006-2017-y     Document Type: Article

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