The flow of thin liquid films over spinning discs

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 625-642

  Matar, Omar K ^a   Sisoev, Grigori M ^b   Lawrence, Chris J ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fluid mechanics; Heat and mass transfer; Mixing; Non linear waves; Process intensification; Spinning discs; Thin films

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; ROTATING DISKS;

NON LINEAR WAVES; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; SPINNING DISKS;

THIN FILMS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; ROTATING DISKS; THIN FILMS;

EID: 33846283853     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450840601     Document Type: Article

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