Unstable thermocapillary flow inside a NaNO3 float zone

Computational Studies

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages 31-41

  Nguyen, C T ^a   Bazzi, H ^a   Galanis, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; STRESSES; SURFACE TENSION; VECTORS; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

CROSS-CONTAMINATION; FLOAT ZONES; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATIONS; THERMOCAPILLARY FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0009429455     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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