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Laminar film condensation due to a rotating disk

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Regular perturbation methods are employed to investigate the problem of laminar film condensation on a rotating disk in a large volume of quiescent vapour for small and large rates of cooling at the disk surface. The flow and thermal fields are represented by the Von Karman similar solution. Exact numerical solutions of the similar equations are obtained for the case of steam-water condensation and compared with those derived analytically.

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  1. Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Hull, England

    P. M. Beckett, P. C. Hudson & G. Poots

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Beckett, P.M., Hudson, P.C. & Poots, G. Laminar film condensation due to a rotating disk. J Eng Math 7, 63–73 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01535269

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