Greg Ball, John Polansky, Tarik Kaya*
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.4, No.1, pp. 1-9, 2013, DOI:10.5098/hmt.v4.1.3002
Abstract The fluid flow and heat transfer in an evaporating extended meniscus are numerically studied. Continuity, momentum, energy equations and the
Kelvin-Clapeyron model are used to develop a third order, non-linear ordinary differential equation which governs the evaporating thin film. It is
shown that the numerical results strongly depend on the choice of the accommodation coefficient and Hamaker constant as well as the initial
perturbations. Therefore, in the absence of experimentally verified values, the numerical solutions should be considered as qualitative at best. It is
found that the numerical results produce negative liquid pressures under certain specific conditions. This result may… More >
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