International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research

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2004, Volume31

Issue 3

104 pages

DOI: 10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.v31.i3

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Rama Subba Reddy Gorla
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Ave., SH232, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, USA

Larry W. Byrd
Thermal Structures Branch, Air Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433, USA

The deformation of a thin liquid film in the presence of a binary fluid with higher surface tension under varying temperature distributions is considered. Lubrication theory and the interfacial thermocapillary stress condition were used to yield a differential equation for the film thickness. The evaporative mass flow rate, heat flux and heat transfer coefficient were evaluated for various concentrations of the binary fluid mixture. The heat transfer rate increases as the concentration of the driver fluid in the binary mixture reaches a value of 9 %. After reaching this value of concentration, the heat transfer rate was observed to decrease.

DOI: 10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.v31.i3.10 Download article, 12 pages

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