The effect of bubble acceleration on the liquid film thickness in micro tubes

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 630-639

  Han, Youngbae ^a   Shikazono, Naoki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Liquid film thickness; Micro tube; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED FLOWS; ACCELERATION EFFECTS; BOILING HEAT TRANSFER; BOND NUMBERS; BUBBLE VELOCITIES; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CIRCULAR TUBES; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FLOW BOILING; INERTIA FORCE; INNER DIAMETERS; LASER FOCUS DISPLACEMENT METER; MICRO-TUBES; MOMENTUM EQUATION; STEADY CONDITIONS; VISCOUS BOUNDARY LAYERS; WEBER NUMBERS; WORKING FLUID;

ACCELERATION; CAPILLARITY; ETHANOL; LIQUID FILMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE TENSION; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO PHASE FLOW;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 77953619572     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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