Abstract
The condensation coefficient of water, ie., the ratio of condensation mass flux of vapor molecules to incoming mass flux at the interface, is evaluated by combining the experiment conducted by a shock tube and the numerical simulation of Gaussian-BGK Boltzmann equation applicable to polyatomic gases. Film condensation occurs on the endwall of a vaporfilled shock-tube, when a shock wave is reflected at the endwall and the vapor becomes supersaturated there. The formed liquid film grows with the lapse of time. The time evolution in thickness of the liquid film is measured by an optical interferometer, and thereby the growth rate of the film is obtained. The rate is incorporated into the kinetic boundary condition at the interface for the Gaussian-BGK Boltzmann equation, and the unique numerical solution of the vaporliquid system is obtained. Values of condensation coefficient in near equilibrium state are found to be close to that evaluated by molecular dynamics simulations at the equilibrium state.
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