Transport from a volatile meniscus inside an open microtube

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 3007-3017

  Wang, Hao ^a   Murthy, Jayathi Y ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Diffusion; Evaporation; Interface; Marangoni convection; Microtube; Noncondensable gas

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

MARANGONI CONVECTION; NONCONDENSABLE GAS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); THERMAL GRADIENTS;

EID: 41949134079     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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