Modeling of spray cooling: Convective flow effect on vapor bubble dynamics and heat transfer

Collection of Technical Papers - 9th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1471-1481

  Selvam, R Panneer ^a,c   Sarkar, Suranjan ^a,c   Ponnappan, Rengasamy ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Arkansas   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THIN FILMS; VAPORIZATION;

BUBBLE SIZES; CONVECTIVE FLOW EFFECT; HEAT REMOVAL; VAPOR BUBBLES;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845516254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-3411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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