Citation

Lloveras P, Salvat-Pujol F, Truskinovsky L, Vives E. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2012; 108(21): 215701.

Affiliation

LMS, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Physical Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23003280

Abstract

We present the first experimental study of intermittency and avalanche distribution during a boiling crisis. To understand the emergence of power law statistics we propose a simple spin model capturing the measured critical exponent. The model suggests that behind the critical heat flux is a percolation phenomenon involving drying-rewetting competition close to the hot surface.

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