Laminar film condensation on a finite-size horizontal wavy disk

Effects of Navier slip on film condensation heat transfer over upward facing horizontal flat surfaces with free edges

“…They found that the dimensionless film thickness along the disk was a function of a parameter related to the ratio of Jakob number to Prandtl number and a suction parameter. Similar problem was discussed by Yue-Tzu et al [29] by considering a finite-size horizontal wavy disk. In their study, the heat transfer coefficient and the film condensate thickness along the surface are found to be a function of the above mentioned parameters and the dimensionless wavelength.…”

An inverse problem for determining the wall heat flux in laminar film condensation on a finite-sized horizontal plate with a variable heat flux

“…In the previous studies, the film-condensation thickness at the plate edge (a necessary boundary condition) is either arbitrarily assumed or established by means of 'trial and error'. Yang and Chen [7], Chiou and Chang [8] and Yang et al [9] recently used the concept of the minimum mechanical energy, which had been presented by Bakhmeteff [10], to determine the steady flow rate at the plate edge. The condensate flow rate increases from zero at x = 0 to a maximum value at the edge of the plate, across the plate under the influence of the hydrostatic pressure gradient and off the edge with the critical (minimum) thickness.…”