Thermocapillary bubble migration - Thermal boundary layers for large Marangoni numbers

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 593-612

  Balasubramaniam, R ^a,c   Subramanian, R S ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b Wallace H Coulter School of Engineering   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic analysis; Boundary layers; Bubbles and drops; Marangoni convection; Thermocapillary migration

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CALCULATIONS; CAPILLARY FLOW; HEAT CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL GRADIENTS; WAKES;

MARANGONI NUMBERS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; THERMOCAPILLARY BUBBLE MIGRATION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUBBLE VELOCITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030153076     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9322(95)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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