Flight data analysis and further development of variable-conductance heat pipes
Abstract
The work focuses on the mathematical modeling of three critical mechanisms of heat-pipe operation: (1) the effect that excess liquid has on heat-pipe performance; (2) the calculation of the dryout limit of circumferential grooves; (3) an efficient mathematical model for the calculation of the viscous-inertial interaction in the vapor flow. These mathematical models are incorporated in the computer program GRADE II, which is described.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- November 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976fdaf.reptR....E
- Keywords:
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- Heat Pipes;
- Mathematical Models;
- Computer Programs;
- Grooves;
- Liquid Flow;
- Vapor Phases;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer