Sentence examples for vapor layer from inspiring English sources

The vapor layer provides protection from quick evaporation.

Burton, J. C., Sharpe, A. L., Van der Veen, R. C. A., Franco, A. & Nagel, S. R. Geometry of the vapor layer under a Leidenfrost drop.

A micro-scale vapor layer model is used to account for the resistance effect of the vapor layer generated by the film-boiling evaporation.

Scattering is reported to be a dominant loss mechanism, which depends on the growth of vapor layer at cut front and its removal by water-jet.

As CHF was approached, these patches grew in length and formed a wavy vapor layer that propagated along the wall, permitting liquid access only in the wave troughs.

We find that the bubble growth rate shows little dependence on surface superheat and applied heat flux at large superheats due to the presence of the vapor layer, which seriously limits the heat transfer from the superheated superhydrophobic surface.

A propeller operating in waves, for instance, can experience cavitation, a phenomenon in which vapor layers form around the blades, impeding performance.

The model predicts ice layers and perturbed water vapor layers in good agreement with observations and previous calculations.

Near the liquid exists a thin layer of vapor, which is often termed as the evaporation layer or Knudsen layer (Fig. 9a), named after Danish physicist Martin Knudsen.

Nearly simultaneously, a new vapor film layer formed on the heating surface.

An increasing CO2 concentration warms the upper troposphere, heating the water vapor emissions layer and some cloud tops, which emit more OLR and descend to lower and warmer altitudes.