The thickness of the liquid microlayer between a cap-shaped sliding bubble and a heated wall: Experimental measurements

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 934-944

  Li, Xin ^a   Hollingsworth, D Keith ^a   Witte, Larry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FIBER LASERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PROBES; REFLECTION; REFRIGERANTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VAPORS;

CAP-SHAPED SLIDING BUBBLE; FROUDE NUMBERS; LIQUID MICROLAYER; WEBER NUMBERS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CALIBRATION; FIBER LASERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PROBES; REFLECTION; REFRIGERANTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VAPORS;

EID: 33750456513     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2241858     Document Type: Article

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