... are defined based on the direction of rotation of drum. A clockwise rotation is imposed on the drum and the rotation direction remains fixed throughout the present investigation. The pattern of film flow and cusp entrainment is observed thoroughly by considering rotational speed ( ω ) and strength...

...Yoshiyuki Iso; Xi Chen Gas-liquid two-phase interfacial flows, such as the liquid film flows (also known as wetting flows on walls), are observed in many industrial processes including absorption, desorption, distillation, and so on. The present study focuses on the characteristics of wetting flows...

... , “ Fuel Spray Simulation with Collision Jets for Automobile Engines ,” ASME Paper No. FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30098. 15 02 2011 13 06 2011 23 08 2011 23 08 2011 drops engines film flow flow simulation liquid films sprays two-phase flow Lower engine emissions...

... also increases. Meanwhile, the transferred torque reduces when considering the effect of temperature. 29 05 2010 07 04 2011 11 05 2011 11 05 2011 film flow liquid films oils rotational flow viscosity oil film drive characteristics transferred torque rotating...

.... Therefore, as shown in this figure, by increasing the smaller jets density ratio (using different coolant fluid for the smaller jets) the jet into the cross-flow penetration decreases as well. 19 01 2010 03 02 2011 10 03 2011 10 03 2011 coolants cooling film flow finite...

...H. Lan; J. L. Wegener; B. F. Armaly; J. A. Drallmeier Three-dimensional (3D)—steady-developing-laminar-isothermal—and gravity-driven thin liquid film flow adjacent to an inclined plane is examined and the effects of film flow rate, surface tension, and surface inclination angle on the film...

.... There is still, however, for β > 0 , a minimum in film height near the exit, but is located much closer to x = 0 . Note that the response is strictly monotonic with x when β = 0 . The strong expansion near the channel exit is typical of low-inertia thin-film flows ( 1...

..., the results of this work not only enrich the literature of condensation but also provide additional methods for saving thermal energy. 16 08 2008 10 04 2009 23 06 2009 film condensation film flow finite difference methods heat transfer iterative methods mass transfer slip flow...

... with the results obtained by the Bretherton equation, the Ruschak equation, the Coyne and Elrod model, and a two-dimensional free surface finite element simulation of the problem. 24 07 2008 15 01 2009 11 03 2009 boundary layers differential equations external flows film flow finite...

... is positive or negative is investigated. The film flow is influenced by gravity, mean surface tension, and thermocapillary forces acting along the free surface. The coupling of thermocapillary instability and surface-wave instabilities is studied for two-dimensional disturbances. A nonlinear evolution...

...Po-Jen Cheng The long-wave perturbation method is employed to investigate the nonlinear hydromagnetic stability of a thin electrically conductive power-law liquid film flowing down a vertical cylinder. In contrast to most previous studies presented in literature, the solution scheme employed...

...Roger E. Khayat Steady two-dimensional thin-film flow of a Newtonian fluid is examined in this theoretical study. The influence of exit conditions and gravity is examined in detail. The considered flow is of moderately high inertia. The flow is dictated by the thin-film equations of boundary layer...

... through its effect on the liquid film momentum. 31 07 2007 04 02 2008 25 04 2008 film flow flow separation liquid films shear flow surface tension The dynamics of thin liquid films that develop on a solid surface and are driven by an adjacent gas flow have applications...

... and Ca = 0.055 The importance of capillary effects in the prediction of the final film thickness is illustrated in Fig. 7 , for a water film flow. The standoff distance between the nozzle and the substrate is Z ∕ d = 10 , and the strip velocity is 1.5 m ∕ s , which...

... flow flow simulation liquid films fuel systems film flow jets Fine atomization of the liquid jet from the fuel injector in automobile engines lowers engine emissions and improves fuel efficiency. Breakup behaviors of liquid films into droplets near the injector outlet are strongly related...

...-dimensional effects are also discussed. 05 05 2004 03 09 2005 electrohydrodynamics liquid films film flow flow instability flow visualisation fluorescence An electrostatic liquid film radiator (ELFR) has been proposed as a very lightweight radiator for rejecting waste heat...

... the flow is in the supercritical state, are obtained for the different flow parameters. 17 06 2004 04 07 2005 liquid films non-Newtonian fluids non-Newtonian flow rotational flow film flow shock wave effects flow simulation numerical analysis The problem of rotational flow...

...C. Y. Wang The slow film flow down a doubly periodic bumpy surface is studied for the first time. Perturbations on the primary variables and the complex boundary conditions lead to a system of successive equations. The secondary flow and the free surface shape depend on the wavelength of the bumps...

... for publication in the JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING . Manuscript received by the Fluids Engineering Division May 27, 2003; revised October 17, 2003. Associate Editor: S. Balachandar. 17 October 2003 10 09 2004 liquid films film flow van der Waals forces capillarity The physics...

...J. Rafael Pacheco, Mem. ASME, Assistant Professor,; Arturo Pacheco-Vega, Mem. ASME, Visiting Assistant Professor, We propose a flux vector splitting (FVS) for the solution of film flows radially spreading on a flat surface created by an impinging jet using the shallow-water approximation...