Numerical simulation of nucleate boiling on a horizontal surface at high heat fluxes

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 2566-2582

  Son, Gihun ^a   Dhir, Vijay K ^b  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Level set method; Nucleate boiling; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUCLEATION;

BUBBLE DYNAMICS; LEVEL SET METHOD;

NUCLEATE BOILING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUCLEATE BOILING; NUCLEATION;

EID: 41649084344     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.07.046     Document Type: Article

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