Most of the analyses of laminar-film condensation since Nusselt’s pioneer paper have assumed a linear-temperature distribution within the film. Bromley performed an analysis allowing for a nonlinear temperature distribution but omitting the effect of cross flow within the film. His result is in variance with the result obtained here.
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