Steady Vapor Bubbles in Rectangular Micr
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Vladimir S. Ajaev; G.M. Homsy
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We consider vapor bubbles in microchannels in which the vapor is produced by a heater element and condenses in cooler parts of the interface. The free boundary problem is formulated for a long steady-state bubble in a rectangular channel with a heated bottom. Lubrication-type equations are derived f