| Abstract: | A physical model for explosive boiling of drops is presented. Loss of stability of the liquid-vapor interface results in occurrence
of evaporation fronts. Their propagation in a metastable liquid is determined by the vapor recoil momentum. Detachment of
drops from the interface is due to thermocapillary forces. The validity of the model is supported by comparison of calculations
with experimental data.
Kutateladze Institute of Thermal Physics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from
Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 83–91, November–December, 1999. |
