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Experimental results of an investigation of the limiting heat flux for surfaces covered with a metal-fiber wick for different angles of inclination and variable length of the transport section are presented and discussed.
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Ornatskii, A.P., Semena, M.G. & Timofeev, V.I. Maximum heat flux in planar metal-fiber wicks under conditions typical of heat pipes. Journal of Engineering Physics 35, 1272–1277 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00859674
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00859674