Depinning of evaporating liquid films in square capillary tubes: Influence of corners' roundedness

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Chauvet, F ^a,b   Duru, P ^a,b   Prat, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBES; EVAPORATION; LIQUID FILMS;

CAPILLARY FORCE; CORNER FLOW; CRITICAL LENGTH; DEPINNING; EVAPORATING LIQUID FILM; GEOMETRICAL FACTORS; PHASE CHANGE; WETTING LIQUIDS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 79251553172     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3503925     Document Type: Article

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