Experimental study into droplet formation in steam flows

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Cinar, Gursel ^a   Yilbas, Bekir Sami ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Droplet formation measurement optical method

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249098766     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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