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INVESTIGATION OF PARTICULAR FEATURES OF THE NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF AN EVAPORATING THIN FILM IN A CHANNEL
Greg Ball, John Polansky, Tarik Kaya*
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada
* Corresponding Author: E-mail: .
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2013, 4(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.v4.1.3002
Abstract
The fluid flow and heat transfer in an evaporating extended meniscus are numerically studied. Continuity, momentum, energy equations and the
Kelvin-Clapeyron model are used to develop a third order, non-linear ordinary differential equation which governs the evaporating thin film. It is
shown that the numerical results strongly depend on the choice of the accommodation coefficient and Hamaker constant as well as the initial
perturbations. Therefore, in the absence of experimentally verified values, the numerical solutions should be considered as qualitative at best. It is
found that the numerical results produce negative liquid pressures under certain specific conditions. This result may suggest that the thin film can be
in an unstable state of tension; however, this finding remains speculative without experimental validation. Although similar thin-film models proved
to be very useful in gaining qualitative insight into the characteristics of evaporating thin films, the results shown in this study indicate that careful
experimental investigations are needed to verify the mathematical models.
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APA Style
Ball, G., Polansky, J., Kaya, T. (2013). INVESTIGATION OF PARTICULAR FEATURES OF THE NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF AN EVAPORATING THIN FILM IN A CHANNEL. Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 4(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.v4.1.3002
Vancouver Style
Ball G, Polansky J, Kaya T. INVESTIGATION OF PARTICULAR FEATURES OF THE NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF AN EVAPORATING THIN FILM IN A CHANNEL. Front Heat Mass Transf. 2013;4(1):1-9 https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.v4.1.3002
IEEE Style
G. Ball, J. Polansky, and T. Kaya "INVESTIGATION OF PARTICULAR FEATURES OF THE NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF AN EVAPORATING THIN FILM IN A CHANNEL," Front. Heat Mass Transf., vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-9. 2013. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.v4.1.3002