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Flow of a falling film into a pool
Author(s) -
Ruschak Kenneth J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690240420
Subject(s) - falling (accident) , meniscus , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , materials science , thinning , geology , composite material , optics , physics , medicine , environmental health , incidence (geometry) , ecology , biology
Complete interfacial profiles are generated for the gravity flow of a thin film into a stagnant pool. The profiles show standing waves and a rapid thinning of the film just above the static meniscus over the pool. Such effects are encountered, for example, at the bottom of wetted wall columns.