Laminar film condensation on a finite-size horizontal wavy disk

Analysis of Laminar Film Condensation on a Vertical Plate

Laminar Film Condensation Heat Transfer on a Vertical, Non-Isothermal, Semi- Infinite Plate

This paper gives similarity transformations for laminar film condensation on a vertical flat plate with variable temperature distribution and finds analytical solutions for arbitrary Prandtl numbers and condensation rates. The work contrasts with Sparrow and Gregg’s assertion that wall temperature variation does not permit similarity solutions. To resolve the long debatable issue regarding heat...

Turbulent Film Condensation on a Horizontal Elliptical Tube with Variable Wall Temperature

An analytical model has been developed for the study of turbulent film condensation from downward flowing vapors onto a horizontal elliptical tube with variable wall temperature. The interfacial shear at the vapor condensate film is evaluated with the help of Colburn analogy. The condensate film flow and local/or mean heat transfer characteristics from a horizontal elliptical tube with nonunifo...

Steady Motion of a Rigid Disk of Finite Thickness on a Horizontal Plane

The article discusses the steady motion of a rigid disk of finite thickness rolling on its edge on a horizontal plane under the influence of gravity. The governing equations are presented and two cases allowing for a steady state solution are considered: rolling on consistently rough ground and rolling on perfectly smooth ground. The conditions of steady motion are derived for both kinds of gro...

Enhanced growth instability of strained film on wavy substrate

We demonstrate that the growth of a strained film is inherently less stable on a wavy substrate than on a flat substrate. For small surface undulation, the lowest strain energy state is for the film surface to adopt the same wavelength as the substrate surface in an antiphase configuration at the early stage of growth. The critical wavelength c of growth instability on a wavy substrate is half ...