Percolative Scale-Free Behavior in the Boiling Crisis

We present the first experimental observations of scale-free behavior in the bubble footprint distribution during the boiling crisis of water, in pool and flow boiling conditions. We formulate a continuum percolation model that elucidates how the scale-free behavior emerges from the near-wall stocha...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Limiao (Author), Seong, Jee Hyun (Author), Bucci, Matteo (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society (APS), 2020-03-27T13:55:58Z.
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