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Mixed-convection laminar film condensation on a semi-infinite vertical plate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Jian-Jun Shu  and
Graham Wilks
Jian-Jun Shu
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK Present address: Department of Applied Mathematical Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
Graham Wilks
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
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Abstract

The flow of a uniform stream of pure saturated vapour past a cold, semi-infinite vertical plate is examined. The formulation incorporates the limits of both pure forcedconvection and pure body-force-convection laminar film condensation. Detailed asymptotic and exact numerical solutions are obtained and comparisons drawn with approximate methods and experimental results reported in the literature.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 300 , 10 October 1995 , pp. 207 - 229
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© 1995 Cambridge University Press

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