Numerical simulation of bubbles deformation, flow, and coalescence in a microchannel under pseudo-nucleation conditions

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 13-14, 2011, Pages 1182-1190

  Yan, Yuying ^a   Zu, Yingqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING CONDITIONS; BUBBLE MOTION; FLOW BEHAVIORS; MULTIPHASE MODEL; NUMERICAL STUDIES; TUBE WALLS; VAPOR BUBBLE; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD;

COALESCENCE; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DEFORMATION; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; NUCLEATE BOILING; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 79960504867     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2011.562731     Document Type: Article

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