Dynamic effects in contact angle hysteresis, applied to boiling incipience

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0735-1933(83)90059-3· OSTI ID:6558915

Winterton, R H.S.; Blake, T D

In the study of boiling incipience, there is continuing interest in the nature of the microscopic surface cavities at which nucleation is presumed to occur. Many of the physical details are still obscure, yet there is a practical need to be able to predict the liquid superheat at boiling incipience in certain systems, and better understanding of nucleate boiling requires a method of predicting the number of active cavities as a function of superheat. Many of the arguments used in connection with boiling incipience apply equally well to cavitation and liquid tension measurements.

• Research Organization: Birmingham University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birmingham
• OSTI ID: 6558915
• Journal Information: Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer; (United States), Journal Name: Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer; (United States) Vol. 10:6; ISSN IHMTD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
420400* -- Engineering-- Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow
BOILING
BOILING DETECTION
BUBBLE GROWTH
CAVITATION
CAVITIES
FLUID MECHANICS
FORECASTING
HEATING
HYDRODYNAMICS
HYSTERESIS
MECHANICS
NUCLEATE BOILING
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
SUPERHEATING
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SURFACE TENSION
THERMODYNAMICS