Abstract
Data on the formation of thermocapillary structures and breakdown of a heated liquid film flowing down a vertical surface with Reynolds number variation from 0.1 to 500 have been analyzed and generalized. Small-scale thermocapillary structures are distinguished. It is shown that the distances between temperatures heterogeneities (rivulets) of thermocapillary structures do not depend on the Reynolds number. It is determined that the interaction of waves with thermocapillary structures leads to an increase in the critical heat flux corresponding to the liquid film breakdown as compared with the data of publications.
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